Nguyen Manh Tu

Pick one thing and get it done today

The most effective way to do it, is to do it

If you don’t do it, it won’t get done. And if you don’t do it now, you probably won’t do it at all. Motivation must defeat procrastination. This is a good time to get started.

If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done

You can’t get much done in life if you only work on the days when you feel good

Get shit done is the best way to predict your future

To have a great tomorrow get a lot of your work done today

Good things come to those who wait or those who are willing to get up and get shit done

It always seem impossible until it is done

The best way to get something done is to begin

If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you will never get it done

The secret of getting things done is to act

Favorite quotes

1. Most Important Tasks (MITs)

• At the start of each day (or the nightbefore) highlight the three or four mostimportant things you have to do in thecoming day. Do them first.

• If you get nothing else accomplished asidefrom your MITs, you’ve still had a prettyproductive day.

1. Big Rocks

• The big projects you’re working on at any given moment• Set aside time every day or week to move your big rocks forward

1. Wake up earlier

• Add a productive hour to your day by getting up an hour earlier — before everyoneelse starts imposing on your time

1. Create “I will NOT do” list

• Most people enjoy to-do lists• Bad habbits are as signficant as the good ones• They make you unproductive

1. Get rid of distractions and time wasters

• It takes approximately 10 to 20 minutes from when you were first distracted to get back to what you were doing

• Turn off Facebook and email notifications• Schedule time for phone calls and answering emails• Unsubscribe from email lists irrelevant to your business

1. Inbox Zero

• Decide what to do with every email you get,the moment you read it

• If there’s something you need to do, either do it or add it to your to do list and delete or file the email

• If it’s something you need for reference, file it

• Empty your email inbox every day

1. Do It Now

• Fight procastination by adopting “Do it now” as your mantra

• Limit yourself to 60 seconds when making a decision. Decide what you’re going to do with every input in your life as soon as you encounter it.

• Learn to make bold decisions even when you’re not really sure. Keep moving forward

1. Write it down

• Don’t rely on your memory as your system

• Write down: Any things you need to do, Your schedule, Anything you might need to refer

to, Every passing though• Use: Your brain for thinking Paper or computer for keeping

track of stuff

1. Monotasking

• We like to think of ourself as great multitaskers, but we aren’t• Multitask: Devote tiny slices of time to several tasks in rapid succession

You have only one brain, don’t split it up. Forget multitasking, try monotasking

It takes more than a few minutes to really get into a task

1. Triggers

• Place meaningful reminders around you to help you remember, as well as to help create better habits

1. Visualize

• Imagine yourself having accomplished your goals

What is your life like?Are you who you want to be?

If not Rethink your goals

• Visualize yourself taking the steps you need to take to get there

1. 50-30-20

Tasks

50% Advance your long-term, life goals

30%Advance your middle-term (2 years or

so) goals

20% Affect only 90 days or so

1. Do your worst

• Give yourself permission to suck• Relieve the pressure of needing to achieve perfection in every task

Promise yourself you’ll go back and fix any problems later