Day 14: Maximise Your Potential with These Power-Packed Quotes

First, plan each day in advance, select your most important task, and then start on that task first thing, before you do anything else. Second, work nonstop for ninety minutes with no diversion or distraction, and then give yourself a fifteen-minute break. Third, start again and work another ninety minutes flat out. Finally, after this three-hour work period, you can then reward yourself with a shot of dopamine by checking your e-mail – Eat That Frog
You can make all the excuses you want; the world doesn’t care. As harsh as that sounds, it’s the truth. Oh, you may from time to time get a little sympathy, and maybe if you’re really lucky a free beer, but that’s about it. Giving away your power will never create the success you long for. Resolve right now to never again let excuses get in the way of you achieving your goals – The 12 Week Year
You get up. You do it— no argument – The Compound Effect
It is the power of being able to overcome the natural human tendency to react to things as they happen, and instead to train oneself to step back, imagining the larger things taking shape beyond one’s immediate vision – The 48 Laws of Power
Review your work list right now and put an A, B, C, D, or E next to each task or activity. Select your A-1 job or project and begin on it immediately. Discipline yourself to do nothing else until this one job is complete – Eat That Frog
The more you are in contact with others, the more graceful and at ease you become. Isolation, on the other hand, engenders an awkwardness in your gestures, and leads to further isolation, as people start avoiding you – The 48 Laws of Power
Self-Discipline Is the Key
Elbert Hubbard defined self-discipline as “the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.” – Eat That Frog
Remember that name and call it easily, and you have paid a subtle and very effective compliment. But forget it or misspell it— and you have placed yourself at a sharp disadvantage – How to Win Friends and Influence People