Procrastinate on Purpose

If we multiply our time by spending time on things today that will create more time tomorrow, then there isn’t a faster way to create more margin tomorrow than by spending our time today just wiping out, deleting or removing some of the things that we’re involved in that we would be doing tomorrow.

time. How in the world do you multiply your time? Simple. And the next sentence is the singular core message of this entire book: You multiply your time by spending time on things today that will give you more time tomorrow.

the very first practical step of becoming a Multiplier. It is asking yourself the question, “What are all of the things that I can just eliminate?” “Eliminate” is the first of the five choices or strategies that Multipliers implement. Of the five strategies, this one has by far the widest swath of opportunity for time savings that we can immediatel

What we have done is traded the things we know we should be doing for the things that other people want us to do. We have allowed ourselves to be commanded by the Tyranny of the Urgent into things that are not Significant, but they are in front of us. We have given in to the pressure of the incredible volume and noise of all the busy work simply be

no matter how long your perspective is, we do only have a finite amount of time, and there are, as we mentioned earlier, virtually an infinite amount of things we could be doing.

self-indulgent complaining about how we’re so busy or there just isn’t enough time in a day. If you are saying those things to yourself, then you are allowing yourself to be a victim—like

And there is a synonym for Procrastinate on Purpose and that is . . . patience. Patience is giving yourself time to breathe. Patience is giving yourself margin in your life and not trying to do everything. Patience is slowing things down. Patience is taking a moment to gather perspective. Patience is letting it sit while you focus on something bigg

Efficiency is doing things right, but effectiveness is doing the right things.

‘What can I do right now that will have the greatest impact on our business and for our customers?’ It is looking ahead to the future to determine where does it make sense for us to invest now so that we can benefit from exponential growth tomorrow.”

To be a Multiplier, you have to constantly be asking yourself, “Is this task something I can live without? Does it multiply my time? Does what I’m doing right now create more time tomorrow—or less?”