The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one.
— Mark Twain
Famous Getting Things Done quotations
No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still way ahead of everyone who isn't trying.
I have been constantly telling people to encourage people, to question the unquestioned and not to be ashamed to bring up new ideas, new processes to get things done.
The secret of getting things done is to act!
It's not about any one person. You've got to get over yourself and realize that it takes a group to get this thing done
Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.
It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.
If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.
To get better you have to step out of your comfort zone.
You can't do the same things you've always done & improve.
The first thing that Shaytan (Satan) will try to do is get you to stop praying.
You know why? Because he has to kill the guard if he wants to penetrate the castle. Once the guard is gone, then Shaytan(satan) can open the floodgates for evil. And he has a lot of patience. He has done this to many people before so he’s experienced as well.
Management is the art of getting things done through people.
Never retract, never explain, never apologize; get things done and let them howl.
Sitting quietly, doing nothing, Spring comes, and the grass grows, by itself.
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials.
Do not wait until the conditions are perfect to begin. Beginning makes the conditions perfect.
The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.
It's never been my goal to be king of the prom.
It's been my goal to do the right thing and get the job done.
When it comes to getting things done, we need fewer architects and more bricklayers.
When it comes to getting things done, we need fewer architects and more bricklayers.
The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.
A scarf has to be the most beautiful thing ever invented to wear! It's a winding, a continuity, an infinity! I love things that are endless, I hate them to stop. It's like order and disorder: I rather love disorder and things that move, it's a state where one gets more things done!
Focusing on one thing and doing it really, really well can get you very far.
I think one of the worst things schools have done is taken out all of the stuff like art, music, woodworking, sewing, cooking, welding, auto-shop. All these things you can turn into careers. How can you get interested in these careers if you don't try them on a little bit?
We know grooming is important for people.
To get their hair done, to get makeup and things like that - that makes a person feel better.
Rule your mind or it will rule you.
Don't underestimate the value of Doing Nothing
Music is a tool. Lighting is a tool. Power point is a tool. Getting those things right is not the goal. God is the goal. Those are just tools. And we can real easily turn into worshippers of all the tools, rather than remembering that this is simply a tool to get the job done which is to help connect people with God and to help inspire people.
A sense of humor is part of the art of leadership, of getting along with people, of getting things done.
The thing that drives me nuts is when I get stopped in a crowded place, and they look at me and say, 'Who are you?' I don't know if they're friends or fans, and I say, 'I'm Annabella Sciorra', and they say, 'What have you done?' So I start to give them my resume. It's so embarrassing.
Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Also look for loyalty, integrity, a high energy drive, a balanced ego and the drive to get things done.
In Australian culture, people are just more laid back, people aren't as serious, they just take their time with things. It's just like, whatever, if I don't get it done I don't get it done.
In order to be a winner, you have to look for ways of getting things done and not for reasons why things can’t be done. People who live with excuses have things that can’t be done hovering around them all the time.
What it takes to do a job will not be learned from management courses.
It is principally a matter of experience, the proper attitude, and common sense — none of which can be taught in a classroom... Human experience shows that people, not organizations or management systems, get things done.
The key to effective visualization is to create the most detailed, clear and vivid a picture to focus on as possible. The more vivid the visualization, the more likely, and quickly, you are to begin attracting the things that help you achieve what you want to get done.
you don't have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great.