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• Try as they may to savor the taste of eternity, their thoughts still twist and turn upon the ebb and flow of things in past and future time. But if only their minds could be seized and held steady, they would be still for a while and, for that short moment, they would glimse the splendor of eternity, which is forever still.

  Saint Augustine

  Past, Ebb And Flow, Forever

  Saint Augustine (2003). “Confessions”, Penguin UK

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• One of the most important rules of personal effectiveness is the 10/90 rule.

  Brian Tracy

  Effectiveness, Important, Management

  Brian Tracy (2008). “Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time”, p.11, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• If you ask people to do things and they usually don't get around to them, stop asking yourself, "What's the matter with people these days?" Instead, ask yourself, "What's the matter with me? What am I doing or failing to do that causes people to give me empty promises?"

  Ed Bliss

  People, Giving, Promise

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• Once you start something, finish it. Don't accumulate a backlog of unfinished projects.

  Ed Bliss

  Management, Projects, Unfinished

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• Getting it done is my reward.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Done, Rewards, Management

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• No worry before its time.

  Ellen Langer

  Worry, Management, No Worries

  Ellen J. Langer (2009). “Counterclockwise: Mindful Health and the Power of Possibility”, p.182, Ballantine Books

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• No matter how expert you may be, well-designed checklists can improve outcomes.

  Steven Levitt

  Experts, May, Outcomes

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• If you are too busy to exercise, you are too busy.

  Ed Bliss

  Exercise, Busy, Ifs

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• Of all the time-saving techniques ever developed, perhaps the most effective is the frequent use of the word no.

  Ed Bliss

  Technique, Use, Saving

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• Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Encouragement, Good Life, Learning

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2366, Delphi Classics

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• Write down the most important things you have to do tomorrow. Now, number them in the order of their true importance. The first thing tomorrow morning, start working on an item Number 1, and stay with it until completed. Then take item Number 2 the same way. Then Number 3, and so on. Don't worry if you don't complete everything on the schedule. At least you will have completed the most important projects before getting to the less important ones.

  Ivy Lee

  Time, Morning, Writing

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• It got a little stressful in my first two years of high school, trying to make conference calls with investors in between classes, but I definitely learned a lot of important time-management lessons.

  Ben Casnocha

  School, Years, Class

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• The world is cluttered up with unfinished business in the form of projects that might have been successful, if only at the tide point someone's patience had turned to active impatience.

  Robert Updegraff

  Successful, Unfinished Business, Might

  Robert Rawls Updegraff (1958). “All the time you need: the greatest gift in the world”

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• Don't spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door.

  Coco Chanel

  Inspirational, Success, Hater

  "You've Got Style : Your Personal Guide for Relating to Others‎". Book by Robert Rohm (p. 29), 2000.

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• Make time for planning: Wars are won in the general's tent.

  Stephen Covey

  War, Tents, Planning

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• Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Time, Liberty, Leisure

  Benjamin Franklin, William-Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818”, p.250

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• Time is a circus, always packing up and moving away.

  Ben Hecht

  Time, Humorous, Moving

  "Elegy for Wonderland". Esquire Magazine, March 1959.

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• The fact is that you can't do everything that you have to do. You have to procrastinate on something. Therefore, procrastinate on small tasks.

  Brian Tracy

  Tasks, Facts, Procrastinating

  Brian Tracy (2008). “Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time”, p.27, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Most of the stress people experience comes from inappropriately managed commitments they make or accept.

  David Allen

  Stress, Commitment, People

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• A few fat files are better than a lot of thin ones.

  Ed Bliss

  Management, Fats, Files

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• It is not that we are short of time....It is the way that we treat time, even the way that we think about it. A time revolution..is the fastest way to make a giant leap in both happiness and effectiveness.

  Richard Koch

  Thinking, Effectiveness, Giants

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• There is no shortage of time. In fact, we are positively awash with it. We only make good use of 20 per cent of our time.... The 80/20 principle says that if we doubled our time on the top 20% of activities, we could work a two-day week and achieve 60 per cent more than now.

  Richard Koch

  Two, Principles, Use

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• Plan all you want for the future. Prepare for it. But don't worry about how you will react tomorrow, or even five minutes from now. Your creative mechanism will react appropriately in the 'now' if you pay attention to what is happening now.

  Maxwell Maltz

  Worry, Creative, Attention

  Maxwell Maltz (2015). “Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded”, p.57, Penguin

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• Our current use of time is not rational. There is therefore no point in seeking marginal improvements in how we spend our time. We need to go back to the drawing board and overturn all our assumptions about time.

  Richard Koch

  Drawing, Boards, Needs

  Richard Koch (2011). “The 80/20 Principle”, p.132, Nicholas Brealey Publishing

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• I am ready any time. Do not keep me waiting.

  John Mason Brown

  Life, Success, Time

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