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• You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage—pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically, to say “no” to other things. And the way you do that is by having a bigger “yes” burning inside. The enemy of the “best” is often the “good.”

  ~ Stephen R. Covey quotes from The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

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• If you were to fault yourself in one of three areas, which would it be: (1) the inability to prioritize; (2) the inability or desire to organize around those priorities; or (3) the lack of discipline to execute around them? … Most people say their main fault is a lack of discipline. On deeper thought, I believe that is not the case. The basic problem is that their priorities have not become deeply planted in their hearts and minds. They haven’t really internalized Habit 2 [Begin with the end in mind].

  ~ Stephen R. Covey quotes from The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

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• The key is not to prioritize your schedule but to schedule your priorities.

  ~ Stephen R. Covey quotes from The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

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• Lack of time is actually lack of priorities.

  ~ Timothy Ferriss quotes from The 4-Hour Workweek

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