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“Focus is a matter of deciding what things you’re not going to do.”
Gary Keller • The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results: Achieve your goals with one of the world's bestselling success books
work.But the more you say no to the things that don’t matter, the more you can say yes to the things that do. This will let you live and enjoy your life—the life that you want.
Stephen Hanselman • The Daily Stoic: 366 Meditations on Wisdom, Perseverance, and the Art of Living
“Deciding what not to do is as important as deciding what to do,” Jobs explained.
Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
Saying yes frequently is an additive strategy. Saying no is a subtractive strategy. Keep saying no to a lot of things - the negative and unimportant ones - and once in awhile, you will be left with an idea which is so compelling that it would be a screaming no-brainer 'yes'.
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3. Say no. Whether you say “later” or “never,” the point is to say “not now” to anything else you could do until your most important work is done.