Gary W. Keller Quotes

I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all, to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.

So the more things you do, the less successful you are at any one of them.

Happiness happens when you have a bigger purpose than having more fulfills, which is why we say happiness happens on the way to fulfillment.

vital few and trivial many.

working at something until it regularly works for you.

You need to be doing fewer things for more effect instead of doing more things with side effects.

Juggling is an illusion. ... In reality, the balls are being independently caught and thrown in rapid succession. ... It is actually task switching.

If you are what you repeatedly do, then achievement isn’t an action you take but a habit you forge into your life.

The people we live with and work with on a daily basis deserve our full attention. When we give people segmented attention, piecemeal time, switching back and forth, the switching cost is higher than just the time involved. We end up damaging relationships.

Extraordinary results happen only when you give the best you have to become the best you can be at your most important work.

They allow purpose to be the guiding force in determining the priority that drives their actions.

Think as big as you possibly can and base what you do, how you do it, and who you do it with on succeeding at that level. It just might take you more than your lifetime to run into the walls of a box this big.

Don't fear big. Fear mediocrity. Fear waste. Fear the lack of living to your fullest. When we fear big, we either consciously or subconsciously work against it. We either run toward lesser outcomes and opportunities or we simply run away from the big ones. If courage isn't the absence of fear, but moving past it, then thinking big isn't the absence of doubts, but moving past them. Only living big will let you experience your true life and work potential.

extraordinary results are directly determined by how narrow you can make your focus.

When we fear big, we either consciously or subconsciously work against it.