Quotes about Prioritization

If you can't fit everything you want to do within 40 hours per week, you need to get better at picking what to do, not work longer hours.

How should you keep track of what customers want? Don't. Listen, but then forget what people said. Seriously. There's no need for a spreadsheet, database, or filing system. The requests that really matter are the ones you'll hear over and over. After a while, you won't be able to forget them. Your customers will be your memory. They'll keep reminding you. They'll show you which things you truly need to worry about.

You rarely regret saying no. But you often wind up regretting saying yes.

You just can't bring your A game to every situation. Knowing when to embrace Good Enough is what gives you the opportunity to be truly excellent when you need to be. We're not suggesting you put shit work out there. You need to be able to be proud of it, even if it's only "okay." But attempting to be indiscriminately great at everything is a foolish waste of energy.

We're willing to loase some customers if it means that others love our products intensely. That's our line in the sand.

Making a few vocal customers happy isn't worth it if it ruins the product for everyone else.

So sacrifice some of your darlings for the greater good. Cut your ambition in half. You're better off with a kick-ass half than a half-assed whole. Most

So do less. Your project won't suffer nearly as much as you fear. In fact, there's a good chance it'll end up even better. You'll be forced to make tough calls and sort out what truly matters.

Did you know there's a difference between being busy and being fruitful? Did you ever stop to think that just being busy - running around in circles all day but not accomplishing anything - is the same as wasting your time? It's frustrating to expend so much energy and time and not have any fruit from your effort!

Encourage your children to read more and watch television less.

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.

Of two duties we must choose the greater, though of two sins we must choose neither (556).