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reason other people don’t value your time is that you don’t—or
Sometimes the key to success really is to do the opposite of what everyone else is doing
I regularly evaluate whether I’m thriving in five key areas of my life: spiritual, relational, emotional, financial, and physical.
YOU ACTUALLY DO HAVE THE TIME
Time doesn’t discriminate. With the two exceptions of the day you’re born and the day you die, everyone gets exactly the same amount of time every day.
The most productive people on Earth get the same amount of time you and I get. Which also means some people are staggeringly great at handling time.
Stop saying you don’t have the time. Start admitting you didn’t make the time.
Embracing passion also means you’ll have to limit the things you decide to do.
While you have twenty-four equal hours in a day, not all hours feel equal or produce equally.
One clue to your gifting is that something that seems effortless to you is difficult or complex for others.
Your passion is what you love to do.
If you’re not sure what your passion is, monitor your thought life and the things you say to others for clues about your passion.
Impact refers to those things that, when done, will make the biggest difference, sometimes in the moment but often long term.
Focus on what you can control, not on what you can’t.
Hard choices, easy life. Easy choices, hard life. —Jerzy Gregorek
Nobody will ever ask you to accomplish your top priorities. They will only ask you to accomplish theirs.
The wrong things will always want your attention. It’s your job to focus on the right things.
you can’t prioritize the people who matter most to you if you say yes to everyone else.
when there were merely four people on Earth, the murder rate was 25 percent.
The depth of the relationship should determine the depth and speed of your response.
decide how you’ll spend your time before others decide for you.
Other people’s needs don’t have to become your guilt.
