Peter Drucker Quotes

The hard part of running a business is that there are a hundred things that you could be doing, and only five of those actually matter, and only one of them matters more than all of the rest of them combined. So figuring out there is a critical path thing to focus on and ignoring everything else is really important.

In business, staying focused requires that you turn most opportunities down.

We also have to ask if we focusing on the most important priorities.

Leaders make things happen. Leaders will take a situation and try and figure out what is it that we're trying to do, what is the problem, what kind of priorities and resources do we need, what kind of people do I need to bring to bear on this problem, what kind of plans do we need to succeed.

If your priorities don't get scheduled into your planner, other people's priorities will get put into your planner.

I think we have to focus,on exactly what the priorities are.

You need to decide what problems, what opportunities, what projects you're going to work on.

Most businesses fail because they want the right things but measure the wrong things, and they get the wrong results.

As all entrepreneurs know, you live and die by your ability to prioritize. You must focus on the most important, mission-critical tasks each day and night, and then share, delegate, delay or skip the rest.

And it comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much. We're always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important.

I could go insane if I obsessed over every little detail of all of my companies. My management philosophy is to pay attention to the vital few and ignore the trivial many.

One of the challenges of a good policy is trying to figure out what your priorities are.

Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager. Cut your major goals into bite-sized pieces. Each small priority or requirement on the way to ultimate goal become a mini goal in itself.

I used to spend my time more on process than strategy. Now, I prioritize my time around strategy, people, and process.

Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager.

The ability to manage well doesn't make much difference if you're not even in the right jungle.

Good-to-great companies set their goals and strategies based on understanding; comparison companies set their goals and strategies based on bravado.

You perform at your best when you are working continually on high-priority goals and objectives.

It takes courage to set priorities because doing so is an admission that American policy cannot be all things to all people - or rather to all interest groups

Every day, do something that is truly important in moving you toward your goals. You must choose to invest your time in the important steps. When you take charge of your time, you take charge of your life. How you spend your time reflects your priorities.

Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.

You've got to think about big things while you're doing small things, so that all the small things go in the right direction.

In a company, hundreds of decisions get made, but objectives and goals are thin.

Priorities are the yearly goals that I'm most interested in achieving, then they become operationalized through weekly goals.

I do have to pick my priorities. Nobody can do everything.