When you suspend your faculty of independent judgment, you suspend consciousness. To stop consciousness is to stop life.

I was talking to my lawyer and he was saying we have to meet with somebody right away because they really want to get something done. I said, okay, how about tomorrow? He said, 'Well no, it's going to take at least two weeks.' And I had to explain, 'Where I'm from, right away means if we don't do something in half an hour somebody dies.

Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential.

Doing the right things for the right reason in the right way is the key to Quality of Life!

I am what I am today because of the choices I made yesterday

The clock represents our commitments, appointments, schedules, goals, activities—what we do with, and how we manage our time.

It is possible to be busy—very busy—without being very effective.

When we set and achieve goals that are in our Center of Focus, we maximize the use of our time and effort. Interestingly, we find that as we do this over time, our Circle of Influence automatically increases. We find positive ways to influence more people and circumstances.

But is there a chance that efficiency is not the answer? Is getting more things done in less time going to make a difference—or will it just increase the pace at which I react to the people and circumstances that seem to control my life? Could there be something I need to see in a deeper, more fundamental way—some paradigm within myself that affects the way I see my time, my life, and my own nature?

The key is to not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

The futility of bad-mouthing, bad-thinking, put-downs, and accusation becomes very evident when they think in terms of only having a short time to live. Principles and values become more evident to everybody

We can't recall them, we can't undo them, we can't control the consequences that came as a result