extraordinary success is sequential, not simultaneous. What starts out linear becomes geometric. You do the right thing and then you do the next righ… - Gary Keller

You do the right thing and then you do the next right thing. Over time it adds up, and the geometric potential of success is unleashed.

What starts out linear becomes geometric.

Achievers operate differently. They have an eye for the essential. They pause just long enough to decide what matters and then allow what matters to drive their day. Achievers do sooner what others plan to do later and defer, perhaps indefinitely, what others do sooner. The difference isn’t in intent, but in right of way. Achievers always work from a clear sense of priority.

Knocking out a hundred tasks for whatever the reason is a poor substitute for doing even one task that’s meaningful.

Here is what I do: I get up every day by six A.M. and meditate and pray — for spiritual energy. Then, I exercise and eat — for physical energy. Afterward, I hug, kiss, and laugh with my family — for emotional energy — and try to do it so that I get to spend time with all of them and still get to the office between eight A.M. and nine A.M. (Most people plan for emotional energy time only in the evenings or on weekends, when it can do little for their daily pursuit of big goals.) I then plan and calendar my day — for mental energy — and spend my first, most energized hours in the office working hard on lead generation and recruiting talent — for business energy. I never slack off before eleven A.M.