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- Author: Peter Atkins
- ASIN: B004R9QIO2
- ISBN: 0615467350
- Reference: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004R9QIO2
- Kindle link
Highlights
the busiest people on his team were always the people to whom he could give more work, while the ones who accomplished less had little time for anything — location: 38 ^ref-33809
The trick is people who are most productive tend to say no to things that are unimportant to them and focus on what they believe matters. — location: 41 ^ref-59562
Many people confuse want to with have to. — location: 48 ^ref-50474
Albert Einstein said: It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer. — location: 65 ^ref-5485
I like to set aside blocks of time for specific activities - even to read or chat. — location: 67 ^ref-46637
They’re incredibly well prepared in their fields -- they become masters of their domains by practicing for many years, day after day. — location: 82 ^ref-61013
They spend time deeply focused on solving a key problem or key set of problems, no matter the obstacles. — location: 84 ^ref-44355
They allow themselves to step away from the problem(s) on which they’re focused, so that insights can come to them in activities such as walking, or looking out on a beautiful scene. — location: 85 ^ref-19519
So to make the most of your life, say no to things that don’t matter, — location: 92 ^ref-39525
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep. — location: 96 ^ref-60430
The lesson to me is that you can focus on something going well, or something beautiful, or something interesting -- even amidst terrible times. — location: 105 ^ref-16291
You don’t have to change everything overnight. — location: 119 ^ref-10518