A friend recently shared this gem with me, absolutely awesome:
It is key to figure out just what you want out of life. You have this one life and I think many of you will find themselves in an sea of endless opportunities. Think about what you really want, about your priorities. Then get started!
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Do we need more time? Or do we need to be more disciplined with the time we have?
Kerry Johnson
Are you sometimes wondering why other people are able to be more productive than you? Why they just seem to achieve more with the same amount of time?
It’s often not because they take more time and drop other things for that, but because they manage their time well.
Time management is a little bit about experience and priorities and a lot about discipline. Managing your time in theory is easy for most of us, but really following through is the hard part.
Start slowly and improve!
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You will never find time for anything. If you want the time, you must make it.
Charles Buxton
As I like to say: You’ve got the same 24 hours that everyone else has every day, make use of it.
You decide what you spend your time on and only you are responsible. Quit weeping around and complaining about not having enough time and make time for important stuff. One major tip: Work a job you love, not a job you can endure. That will make a great percentage of your time awesome instead of wasted.
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You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage – pleasently, smilingly, nonapelogetically – to say ‘no’ to other things. And the way to do that is by having a bigger ‘yes’ burning inside.
Stephen Covey
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Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once.
Lillian Dickson
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The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
Steven Covey
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When things in your lives seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the marmelade jar and the 2 cans of beer.
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty marmelade jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.
The professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.
The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with an unanimous “yes.”
The professor then produced two cans of beer from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed.
“Now,” said the professor as the laughter subsided, “I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things–your family, your children, your health, your friends and your favorite passions–and if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full.
The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house and your car.
The sand is everything else–the small stuff. “If you put the sand into the jar first,” he continued, “there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff you will never have room for the things that are important to you.
“Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups. Take your spouse out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal. Take care of the golf balls first–the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand.”
One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the beer represented. The professor smiled. “I’m glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there’s always room for one or two cans of beer with a friend.”
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Person who chases two rabbits catches neither.
Confucius
Sometimes you have to get your priorities straight!
While multitasking is a good thing in general it is not a general cure for problems. Some tasks just require massive action that you just can not bring up while fulfilling other tasks. Therefore sometimes if you really want something you have to make sacrifices and set your priorities.
It is worth it.
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Action expresses priorities.
Gandhi
You can not tell people about your priorities unless you live according to them. It is not convincing.
Only your actions reveal what you are made of, not your plans or thoughts. They may be great, sure, but as long as they don’t lead into action, they are worth nothing.
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