Multitasking is merely the opportunity to screw up more than one thing at a time. - Gary W. Keller

When everything feels urgent and important, everything seems equal. We become active and busy, but this doesn’t actually move us any closer to success. Activity is often unrelated to productivity, and busyness rarely takes care of business.

Thinking big is essential to extraordinary results. Success requires action, and action requires thought. But here’s the catch — the only actions that become springboards to succeeding big are those informed by big thinking to begin with.

When we know something that needs to be done but isn’t currently getting done, we often say, “I just need more discipline.” Actually, we need the habit of doing it. And we need just enough discipline to build the habit.