Once you have a clear picture of your priorities — that is your values, goals, and high-leverage activities, organize around them.

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"Love is a verb. Love—the feeling—is a fruit of love, the verb."

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"The ability to subordinate an impulse to a value is the essence of the proactive person. Reactive people are driven by feelings, by circumstances, by conditions, by their environment. Proactive people are driven by values—carefully thought about, selected, and internalized values."

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"Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no greater investment."

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"We develop our character muscles by overcoming challenges and obstacles."

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"Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow just as well."

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"If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done."

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"We have a strategic plan. It’s called doing things."

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"Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves."

- Dale Carnegie

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