Gary W. Keller Quotes

There can only be one most important thing. Many things may be important, but only one can be the most important.” — Ross Garber

It is those who concentrate on but one thing at a time who advance in this world.” — Og Mandino

the majority of what you want will come from the minority of what you do.

success comes down to this: being appropriate in the moments of your life.

be a maker in the morning and a manager in the afternoon.

If everyone has the same number of hours in the day, why do some people seem to get so much more done than others? How do they do more, achieve more, earn more, have more? If time is the currency of achievement, then why are some able to cash in their allotment for more chips than others?

The answer is they make getting to the heart of things the heart of their approach. They go small. Going small is ignoring all the things you could do and doing what you should do. It’s recognizing that not all things matter equally and finding the things that matter most. It’s a tighter way to connect what you do with what you want. It’s realizing that extraordinary results are directly determined by how narrow you can make your focus.

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

Multitasking is a lie

do your most important work — your ONE Thing — early, before your willpower is drawn down.

buying into The ONE Thing becomes difficult because we’ve unfortunately bought into too many others — and more often than not those “other things” muddle our thinking, misguide our actions, and sidetrack our success.

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

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

Being needed is incredibly satisfying, and helping others can be deeply fulfilling. Focusing on our own goals to the exclusion of others, especially the causes and the people we value the most, can feel downright selfish and self-centered. But it doesn’t have to. Master marketer Seth Godin says, “You can say no with respect, you can say no promptly, and you can say no with a lead to someone who might say yes. But just saying yes because you can’t bear the short-term pain of saying no is not going to help you do the work.” Godin gets it. You can keep your yes and say no in a way that works for you and for others.

To-do lists inherently lack the intent of success. In fact, most to-do lists are actually just survival lists — getting you through your day and your life, but not making each day a stepping-stone for the next so that you sequentially build a successful life.

It’s realizing that extraordinary results are directly determined by how narrow you can make your focus.