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1.“Byfailingtoprepare,youarepreparingtofail.”–BenjaminFranklin
2.“Letouradvanceworryingbecomeadvancethinkingandplanning.”–WinstonChurchill
3.“Thinkahead.Don’tletday-to-dayoperationsdriveoutplanning.”-DonaldRumsfeld
4.“Agoalwithoutaplanisjustawish.”-AntoinedeSaint-Exupéry
5.“InpreparingforbattleIhavealwaysfoundthatplansareuseless,butplanningisindispensable.”–DwightEisenhower
6.“Ialwayssay,don’tmakeplans,makeoptions.”–JenniferAniston
7.”Ifyoudon’tknowwhereyouaregoing,you’llendupsomeplaceelse.”–YogiBerra
8.“Neverlookbackunlessyouareplanningtogothatway.”–HenryDavidThoreau
9.”Planningisbringingthefutureintothepresentsothatyoucandosomethingaboutitnow.”–AlanLakein
10.“GivemesixhourstochopdownatreeandIwillspendthefirstfoursharpeningtheaxe.”–AbrahamLincoln
11.”Ifyoudon’tknowexactlywhereyou’regoing,howwillyouknowwhenyougetthere”–SteveMaraboli
12.“Meticulousplanningwillenableeverythingamandoestoappearspontaneous.”–MarkCaine
13.“Createadefiniteplanforcarryingoutyourdesireandbeginatonce,whetheryouarereadyornot,toputthisplanintoaction.”–NapoleonHill
14.“Agoodplan,violentlyexecutednow,isbetterthanaperfectplannextweek.”–GeorgePatton
15.“Hewhoeverymorningplansthetransactionofthedayandfollowsoutthatplan,carriesathreadthatwillguidehimthroughthemazeofthemostbusylife.Butwherenoplanislaid,wherethedisposaloftimeissurrenderedmerelytothechanceofincidence,chaoswillsoonreign.”–VictorHugo
FixYourFocus
Laser-likefocusonthetaskathandisadeadlyweaponthatwillhelpyouaccomplishmoreworkinlesstime.
16.“Onereasonsofewofusachievewhatwetrulywantisthatweneverdirectourfocus;weneverconcentrateourpower.Mostpeopledabbletheirwaythroughlife,neverdecidingtomasteranythinginparticular.”–TonyRobbins
17.“Youcan’tdependonyoureyeswhenyourimaginationisoutoffocus.”–MarkTwain
18.“Passionisenergy.Feelthepowerthatcomesfromfocusingonwhatexcitesyou.”–OprahWinfrey
19.“Lackofdirection,notlackoftime,istheproblem.Weallhavetwenty-fourhourdays.”–ZigZiglar
20.”Toconquerfrustration,onemustremainintenselyfocusedontheoutcome,nottheobstacles.”–T.F.Hodge
21.“Youcannotrunatfullthrottlewhenapplyingyourmindsettoallofthedifferentthingsrunningthroughyourhead.Focusingisthekeytomanifestingyourdesires.”–StephenRichards
22.“Concentrateallyourthoughtsupontheworkathand.Thesun’sraysdonotburnuntilbroughttoafocus.”–AlexanderGrahamBell
23.”Itrytolearnfromthepast,butIplanforthefuturebyfocusingexclusivelyonthepresent.That’swherethefunis.”–DonaldTrump
24.“Alwaysfocusonthefrontwindshieldandnotthereviewmirror.”–ColinPowell
25.“Temperamentallyanxiouspeoplecanhaveahardtimestayingmotivated,period,becausetheirintensefocusontheirworriesdistractsthemfromtheirgoals.”–WinifredGallagher
26.“It’saboutfocusingonthefightandnotthefright.”–RobinRoberts
27.“WhatdoImeanbyconcentrationImeanfocusingtotallyonthebusinessathandandcommandingyourbodytodoexactlywhatyouwantittodo.”–ArnoldPalmer
28.“Concentrationisthesecretofstrength.”–RalphWaldoEmerson
29.“Inspirationisthewindfallfromhardworkandfocus.Musesaretoounreliabletokeeponthepayroll.”–HelenHanson
30.“Oncetakenoffonetaskwithoutcompletingthetransaction,themindcontinuestoseekclosure.Fighttostayfocusedonthetaskathand.”–JeffDavidson
Doyouoftenhittheoffice,workalldayandthenheadhomewonderingwhyyoudidn’tgetasfaralongonyourprojectasyoushouldhaveWell,youmightbeengaginginthesethreecommontimewastersatworkwithoutevenknowingit.
Chattingwithyourco-workersatyourdeskorwhenyougetuptograbadrinkmayseemlikeaninnocentenoughactivity,butitisactually#1ofalltimewastersatwork,accountingfor14%ofalltotalwastedtime.
Whiletakingperiodicbreakscanincreaseyourproductivity,spendinghoursonsocialnetworkingandonlinegamingsitesisoneofthebiggesttimewastersatwork.Infact,theaverageemployeespendsaboutoneandahalfhoursonsocialnetworkingsiteseveryweek.
Finally,spendingtimeinuselessordrawnoutmeetingsrankssecondamongtimewastersatwork.96%ofpeopleadmittoskippingmeetingsandwhentheydoshowup91%ofpeopledaydreamduringmeetings.Whilemeetingscanbeuseful,remembertofightmeetingvillainstokeepthemmovingalongquicklysotheydonotbecomeawasteoftime.