Number one in your life’s blueprint, should be a deep belief in your own dignity, your own worth and your own somebodiness.

4. How do we want to do our jobs? Do we want to be part of a high-performance environment that results in daily excellence? If the answer is yes, then what behaviors are necessary to produce that result and what behaviors inhibit or negate that result?

Heed the most important lesson of this book: You control your behavior. Your success is your personal responsibility. Take action. Do the first things first. Do what matters even if you don’t feel like it. Get up and give your number one priority the focus it deserves for at least fifteen minutes every morning.

Achieving extraordinary results through time blocking requires three commitments. First, you must adopt the mindset of someone seeking mastery. Mastery is a commitment to becoming your best, so to achieve extraordinary results you must embrace the extraordinary effort it represents. Second, you must continually seek the very best ways of doing thin