The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months

by Brian P. Moran

To become fit requires discomfort, to earn a significant income requires discomfort,

you must choose to allocate your time to your greatest opportunities.

Your strengths and weaknesses taken together, impact your ability to produce the results you seek.

the focused and concentrated application of your strengths that will produce your greatest achievements. Successful individuals work to their strengths. Truly outstanding performers have gone a step further and work to what we call their unique capability. Unique capabilities are one or two things you do absolutely the best. They also tend to be the things that you enjoy doing.

intentionally align your time and activities with your strengths and your unique capabilities.

carve out time each week to focus on your high-value, high-payoff activities.

If you frequently defer the strategic work to accomplish the urgent, lower-value activities, you will never accomplish great things.

Taking ownership means that you stop looking outside yourself. Stop letting all those things keep you from living the life you desire, the life you are capable of.

“The state of being bound emotionally or intellectually to a course of action, or to another person or persons.” A commitment is a conscious decision to take specific action to create a desired result.

Successful commitment occurs when your stated intentions are stronger than your hidden intentions, or when you consciously reconcile the conflict.

every time you push through the fear, uncertainty, and doubt that accompanies any challenge, the benefits go far beyond the particular situation and shape who you become in the process.

The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg,

In the book Switch, Chip and Dan Heath point out that when your perception of the magnitude of a big change shrinks in your thinking, you are more likely to achieve your goal.