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

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

Small things done consistently, in strategic places, create major impact.

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.

The reason that deadline actually can work very well for you is what it forces you to do is make decisions.

Use your mind to think about things, rather than think of them. You want to be adding value as you think about projects and people, not simply reminding yourself they exist.

The hardest thing about being productive is not the work, but the split second it takes to decide to take control.