- Time is your most valuable and scarcest resource
- Identify your most important task and do it first
- Work from your calendar not on your todo list
- To overcome procrastination, beat your future self
- There will always be more to do
- Always carry a notebook
- Control your inbox
- Schedule and attend meetings as last resort
- Say no to everything
- Follow the powerful Pareto principle
- Focus on your unique strengths and passion
- Batch your work with recurring themes
- If you can do a task in 5 minutes, do it immediately
- Routinely use early mornings to strengthen your mind, body, and spirit
- Productivity is about energy and focus, not time