The value of goals is not in the future they describe, but the change in perception of reality they foster.
Suffice it to say that something automatic and extraordinary happens in your mind when you create and focus on a clear picture of what you want.
Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought. – Henry Bergson.
Much of the stress that people feel doesn’t come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they’ve started.
My opinion is that anybody offended by breastfeeding is staring too hard.
You can’t manage time, you actually only manage what you do during time. So the management issue is not so much about time, it’s more about how do you manage your focus, how do you manage your actions and your activities in terms of what you do.
Your ability to generate power is directly proportional to your ability to relax.
Once a week, do a thorough review of all your projects in as much detail as you need to. If you do, your systems will work. If you don’t, no system will work.
Your brain has an in-built mechanism for finding patterns you’ve programmed because of where you’ve put your attention. Solutions, innovations, and success come not from greater intelligence or creativity but from what we notice because of where we point those attributes.
Most people move actually into high performance in a crisis because that creates the kind of focus that creates high performance.
You won’t see how to do it until you see yourself doing it.
Things rarely get stuck because of lack of time. They get stuck because the doing of them has not been defined.
Your mind is for having ideas, not holding them.
People allow themselves to get distracted; I think ultimately, probably the biggest thing that gets in the way of people doing what they ought to be doing at any point in time is distraction.
Small things done consistently, in strategic places, create major impact.
Most of the stress people experience comes from inappropriately managed commitments they make or accept.
I think positive stress is actually a good thing. It’s sort of the stretch goal “Wow, let me see how much faster I can run” or “Let me see how many more ideas I can generate in five minutes.”
The sense of anxiety and guilt doesn’t come from having too much to do; it’s the automatic result of breaking agreements with yourself.
If you don’t pay appropriate attention to what has your attention, it will take more of your attention than it deserves.
There’s a lot of reasons why deadline-driven may actually – it’s not necessarily a bad thing, it just all it does is it speeds up and makes you a little proactive about decision making.