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Steven Covey
"Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent, and not enough time on what is important."

STEVEN COVEY

989

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Thomas Edison
"Time is really the only capital that any human being has, and the only thing he can't afford to lose."

THOMAS EDISON

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Arthur Schopenhauer

"The common man is not concerned about the passage of time, the man of talent is driven by it."

ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER

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Abraham Lincoln

"The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time." 

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

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Michael Altshuler

"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot."

MICHAEL ALTSHULER

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

"The shorter way to do many things is to only do one thing at a time."

WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART

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William Shakespeare
"Better to be three hours too soon, than a minute too late."

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

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Tony Robbins
"Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!"

TONY ROBBINS

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Publilius Syrus
"To do two things at once is to do neither."

PUBLILIUS SYRUS

901

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Golda Meir

"I must govern the clock, not be governed by it."

GOLDA MEIR

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Many of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important. 

It’s not what we claim are our priorities, but how we spend our time each day that reveals the truth.

Measure a task’s urgency

Break down a master to-do list into four sections:

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  • Not urgent but important: Schedule these tasks for later.
  • Urgent and not important: These tasks should be delegated.
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