- “Concentrate all your thoughts on the task at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.” Alexander Graham Bell. Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 70
- “It has been estimated that the tendency to start and stop a task- to pick it up, put it down, and come back to it- can increase the time necessary to complete the task by as much as 500 percent. Each time you return to the task, you have to familiarize yourself with where you were when you stopped and what you still have to do. You have to overcome inertia and get yourself going again. You have to develop momentum and get into a productive work rhythm. But when you prepare thoroughly and then begin, refusing to stop or turn aside until the job is done, you develop energy, enthusiasm, and motivation. You get better and better and more productive. You work faster and more effectively.” Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 110
- “By focusing clearly on your most valuable task and concentrating single-mindedly until it is 100 percent complete, you actually shape and mold your own character. You become a superior person. You feel stronger, more competent, more confident, and happier. You feel more powerful and productive. You eventually feel capable of setting and achieving any goal. You become the master of your own destiny. You place yourself on an ascending spiral of personal effectiveness on which your future is absolutely guaranteed.” Eat That Frog, Brian Tracy, Page 111-112
- “Technology reduces the amount of time it takes to do any one task yet increases the number of tasks that people are expected to do (ie., answering your email)” Beating the Midas Curse, by Perry L. Cochell and Rodney C. Zeeb, Page 30
- “Most men do not set priorities to guide them in allocating their time and most men forget that the first priority should be to maintain their own spiritual and physical strength; then comes their family; then the Church and then their professions.” Conference Report, Harold B. Lee