Most people move actually into high performance in a crisis because that creates the kind of focus that creates high performance.

You can't manage time, you actually only manage what you do during time. So the management issue is not so much about time, it's more about how do you manage your focus, how do you manage your actions and your activities in terms of what you do.

Anything that causes you to overreact or underreact can control you, and often does.

If you don't pay attention to the things that have your attention, you'll give them more attention than they deserve.

You can do anything, but not everything.

Sometimes the biggest gain in productive energy will come from cleaning the cobwebs, dealing with old business, and clearing the desks—cutting loose debris that's impeding forward motion.

Things rarely get stuck because of lack of time. They get stuck because the doing of them has not been defined.