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React to what’s in front of you. Be responsive. Fill your time, be efficient, and get more done. These are the default rules of the Busy Bandwagon.
The faster you run on the hamster wheel, the faster it spins.
Even if you don’t completely control your own schedule—and few of us do—you absolutely can control your attention.
Being more productive didn’t mean I was doing the most important work; it only meant I was reacting to other people’s priorities faster.
something magic happens when you start the day with one high-priority goal.
Perfection is a distraction—another shiny object taking your attention away from your real priorities.
Doing more doesn’t help you create time for what matters; it just makes you feel even more frazzled and busy.
a way to add meaning to each day
You only waste time if you’re not intentional about how you spend it.
The things you write down are more likely to happen.
No matter how long you keep your foot on the accelerator, if the tank is empty, you aren’t going anywhere.
as soon as you fire up that screen, you start a tug-of-war of attention between the present moment and everything out there on the Internet.
We fear being out of the loop, but once we’re out there, we realize it’s actually kind of nice.
You don’t need to follow the daily news. True breaking news will find you, and the rest isn’t urgent or just doesn’t matter.
Even once-a-day news is a persistent, anxiety-provoking, outrage-inciting distraction.
Reacting to what’s in front of you is always easier than doing what you intend.
Think of the two minutes it takes to straighten up after yourself as a small investment in your future ability to be proactive—not reactive—with your time.
Small distractions create much larger holes in our day. We
Resist the itch to fill the blank space.
Do not ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. —HOWARD THURMAN
