Begin with the end in mind.
Always begin with the end in mind.
Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success
The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.
Management works in the system; leadership works on the system.
Things which matter most must never be at the mercy of things which matter least.
There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.
When first things are put first, second things are not suppressed but increased.
The formation of character in young people is educationally a different task from, and a prior task to, the discussion of the great, difficult, ethical controversies of the day. First things first. And planting the ideas of virtue, of good traits in the young, comes first. In the moral life, as in life itself, we take one step at a time. Every field has its complexities and controversies. And so does ethics. And every field has its basics. So too with values.
Ok first things first I'll eat your brains Then Imma start rockin gold teeth & fangs
First things first, second things never.
There's a lot of people in the Middle East who are desirous to get into the Mitchell process. And - but first things first. The - these terrorist acts and, you know, the responses have got to end in order for us to get the framework - the groundwork - not framework, the groundwork to discuss a framework for peace, to lay the - all right.
Observe your cat. It is difficult to surprise him. Why? Naturally his superior hearing is part of the answer, but not all of it. He moves well, using his senses fully. He is not preoccupied with irrelevancies. He's not thinking about his job or his image or his income tax. He is putting first things first, principally his physical security. Do likewise.
Do first things first, and second things not at all.
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