Gary W. Keller Quotes

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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.

Gary W. Keller
The trick to success is to choose the right habit and bring just enough discipline to establish it.

Gary W. Keller
If disproportionate results come from one activity, then you must give that one activity disproportionate time.

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

Gary W. Keller
If everyone has the same amount of time and yet some earn more than others, can we say then say that it's how we use our time that determines the money we make?

Gary W. Keller
Until my ONE thing is done, everything else is a distraction.

Gary W. Keller
Everyone has the same amount of time, and hard work is simply hard work. As a result, what you do in the time you work determines what you achieve. And since what you do is determined by what you think, how big you think becomes the launching pad for how high you achieve.

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Think as big as you possibly can and base what you do, how you do it, and who you do it with on succeeding at that level. It just might take you more than your lifetime to run into the walls of a box this big.

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When you give your ONE Thing your most emphatic Yes! and vigorously say No! to the rest, extraordinary results become possible.

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Even an idle phone conversation when driving takes a 40 percent bite out of your focus and, surprisingly, can have the same effect as being drunk.

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Success is actually a short race-a sprint fueled by discipline just long enough for habit to kick in and take over.

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Taking complete ownership of your outcomes by holding no one but yourself responsible for them is the most powerful thing you can do to drive your success.

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To be financially wealthy you must have a purpose for your life. In other words, without purpose, you'll never know when you have enough money, and you can never be financially wealthy.

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To ignite your life you must focus on ONE Thing long enough for it to catch fire.

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You need to be doing fewer things for more effect instead of doing more things with side effects.

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Your work life is divided into two distinct areas - what matters most and everything else. You will have to take what matters to the extremes and be okay with what happens to the rest. Professional success requires it.

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You can do two things at once, but you can't focus effectively on two things at once.

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The people we live with and work with on a daily basis deserve our full attention. When we give people segmented attention, piecemeal time, switching back and forth, the switching cost is higher than just the time involved. We end up damaging relationships.

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There is magic in knocking down your most important domino day after day. All you have to do is avoid breaking the chain, one day at a time, until you generate a powerful new habit in your life.

Gary W. Keller
Don't let small thinking cut your life down to size. Think big, aim high, act bold. And see just how big you can blow up your life.

Gary W. Keller