All
priorities are not created equal. Whether you're leading a large organization or
simply trying to do a better job of managing your life, it's up to you to
establish priorities for this day, and the next one, and the ones after that.
The following ideas should help.
To Get Ahead,
Establish Priorities and Stick to Them
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The
secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small
manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one."
Mark Twain
"Putting first things first is an issue at the very heart of life."
Stephen Covey
"Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of
leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of
nonessentials."
Lin Yu-t'ang
"Nothing becomes an obligation simply because someone tells you it
is."
David Seabury
"Never give up on the important things. Never worry about the
unimportant things."
Marie T. Freeman
Life is a
Tapestry of Choices, Habits, and Priorities…
"We are constantly becoming what we are eventually going
to be."
Samuel Johnson
"Life is the sum of ones choices."
Albert Camus
"Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter
least."
Goethe
"Our two greatest gifts are time and the freedom to choose — the power to
direct our efforts and the use of that time."
Stephen Covey
"It seems essential, in relationships and all tasks, that we concentrate
only on what is most significant and important."
Kierkegaard
"Whatever it is that you intend to do with your life, go ahead and do it
today. The sun is probably going to rise up tomorrow morning, but you may
not."
Marie T. Freeman
And Finally
"Things which matter most must never
be at the mercy of things which matter least."
Goethe
"Take more time to think. And do things in the order of their
importance."
Frank Bettger
"One cannot manage too many affairs; like pumpkins in the water, one pops
up while you try to hold down the other."
Chinese Proverb
"No matter how much time you have wasted in the past, you can still have an
entire tomorrow. Success depends upon using it wisely by planning and setting
priorities."
Denis Waitley
For ideas about goal-setting, click here.
This page was written and
compiled by Criswell Freeman, Psy.D.
