Tag: productivity

The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.

—Michael Porter

HT: Mark Howell Live

It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?

—Henry David Thoreau

Let us be on the watch for opportunities of usefulness; let us go about the world with our ears and our eyes open, ready to avail ourselves of every occasion for doing good; let us not be content till we are useful, but make this the main design and ambition of our lives.

—Charles Spurgeon

HT: What’s Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done by Matt Perman

The aim needs to be not simply to get our tasks done but to build people up in the accomplishing of our tasks.

— Matt Perman

HT: What’s Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done by Matt Perman

See your day in terms of people and relationships first, not tasks. Creating connections and interacting with people make up the most important parts of your work.

—Matt Perman

HT: What’s Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done by Matt Perman

Your ability to select your most important task at each moment, and then to get started on that task and to get it done both quickly and well, will probably have more of an impact on your success than any other quality or skill you can develop.

—Brian Tracy

HT: What’s Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done by Matt Perman

Researchers have found that whenever most systems—such as airports, freeways, and other such things—exceed about 90 percent capacity, efficiency drops massively. Not just slightly, but massively. This is called the “ringing effect.” The reason is that as a system nears its capacity, the effect of relatively small disturbances is magnified exponentially.

— Matt Perman

HT: What’s Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done by Matt Perman

Learning how to cope with not getting everything done is just as important as getting more done.

—Stuart Levine

HT: What’s Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done by Matt Perman

I’ve noticed that the things we do every day are things we tend to get very good at (if they line up with our strengths). If there is something you want to get good at, and which makes a difference for you and others and your organization, don’t leave it to chance or good intentions (even the good intentions of your next action list). Do it as part of a routine every day. The best way to do this is to work it into your daily workflow routine.

—Matt Perman

HT: What’s Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done by Matt Perman

You tame time through a routine—knowing what’s around the corner, and knowing how much time you have to do it. Not all of your time is routine, but enough needs to be to create a framework.

—Bradley Blakeman

HT: What’s Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done by Matt Perman