From the course: A No-Excuse Life: How to Own Your Choices and Unlock Your Potential
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Priority, not time management
From the course: A No-Excuse Life: How to Own Your Choices and Unlock Your Potential
Priority, not time management
Poet, author, and activist Maya Angelou once said, "Nothing will work unless you do." When we witness success, we're witnessing the glamorous end-result, not the sacrifice. But if we are successful at anything, the odds are high, we've given up immediate pleasures in lieu of the grunt work of our long-term goal. Behind every triumph are hundreds and thousands of unglamorous hours spent working in the trenches. It's not romantic. It's one small step after another. In the following lessons, we'll be able to take a look at the unsexy grunt work required to make your goals attainable. This first lesson is all about the time you need to dedicate to grunt work, which I refer to as Grind Time. Okay, that sounds crazy, but I got your attention. Hopefully. But in all seriousness, if you want to succeed, you've got to find time to put your nose to the grindstone. Excuses like "I don't have time" hinder progress. The key is priority management, not time management. While it's true we can't…
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