“Ray credits this success to their highly disciplined focus on profitability. He has led the company as CEO for thirty-five years, and throughout that period Ray has followed an extraordinarily consistent routine. He wakes up at 5:30 A.M. every single… — Greg McKeown Copy Share Image
The word priority was singular for 500 years—what does priorities mean—'many many first things.' — Greg McKeown Copy Share
“Sleep will enhance your ability to explore, make connections, and do less but better throughout your waking hours.” — Greg McKeown Copy Share Image
“Of course, nobody likes to be bored. But by abolishing any chance of being bored we have also lost the times we used to… — Greg McKeown Copy Share Image
“The word priority came into the English language in the 1400s. It was singular. It meant the very first or prior thing. It stayed singular for the next five hundred years. Only in the 1900s did we pluralise the term and start talking about priorities. Illogically, we reasoned that by changing the word we could bend reality. Somehow we would… — Greg McKeown Copy Share
“while we may not always have control over our options, we always have control over how we choose among them.” — Greg McKeown Copy Share Image
“The word priority came into the English language in the 1400s. It was singular. It meant the very first or prior thing. It stayed… — Greg McKeown Copy Share Image
“Essentialism is not about how to get more things done; it’s about how to get the right things done. It doesn’t mean just doing… — Greg McKeown Copy Share Image
“I have since gathered data from more than five hundred individuals about their experience on more than one thousand teams. I asked them to answer a series of questions about a time when they had worked on a unified team, what the experience was like, what role their manager played, and what the end result was. Then I had them… — Greg McKeown Copy Share
Take a deep breath. Get present in the moment and ask yourself what is important this very second. — Greg McKeown Copy Share Image
