Here are my notes on this chapter:
- Every great man has become great, every successful man has succeeded, in proportion as he has confirmed his powers to one particular channel.
- Orison Swett Marden
- Your attitude toward time, your "time horizon" has an enormous impact on your behavior and your choices.
- Rule
- Long term thinking improves short-term decision making
- Make better decisions about time
- Before starting on anything, you should always ask yourself "What are the potential consequences of doing or not doing this task?"
- Rule
- Future intent influences and often determines present actions
- Thing about the long term
- Motivation requires motive
- Obey the law of forced efficiency
- The law of forced efficiency states
- There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.
- Rule
- There will never be enough time to do everything you have to do
- Deadlines are an excuse
- Three questions for maximum productivity
- What are my highest value activities?
- What can I and only I do that if done well will make a real difference?
- What is the most valuable use of my time right now?
- Things that matter most must never be at the mercy of things that matter least.
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