Quotes about Prioritization

If you love someone, you don't act like they annoy you. You like them, and you try and make them think they're the most important person in the world to you.

The longer something takes, the less likely it is that you're going to finish it.

The only way to get more done is to have less to do.

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.

It's not worth trading sleep for a few extra hours at the office. Not only will it make you exhausted, it'll literally make you stupid

Don't fill your day with five more just to stay busy or feel productive. Not doing something that isn't worth doing is a wonderful way to spend your time.

When someone takes your time, it doesn't cost them anything, but it costs you everything.

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.