Everything you’ve told yourself you ought to do, your mind thinks you should do right now. Frankly, as soon add you have two things to do stored in your RAM, you’ve generated personal failure, because you can’t do two things at the same time. This produces an all-pervasive stress factor whose source can’t be pin-pointed.

Focusing on values does not simplify your life. It gives meaning and direction-and a lot more complexity.

'I need milk' and 'I need to decide whether to buy this company' both tie up space in psychic RAM. The solution is simple. Write it down. Look at it. Do it or say to yourself 'not now'.

The balance you have between drive and patience may be your master key to success.

The real issue is how to make appropriate choices about what to do at any point in time. The real issue is how we manage actions.

A successful executive is one that solves bigger problems than he/she creates.

People allow themselves to get distracted; I think ultimately, probably the biggest thing that gets in the way of people doing what they ought to be doing at any point in time is distraction.