If we don’t appropriately manage the ‘open loops’ in our life, our attention will get pulled.

Your mind is for having ideas, not for holding them.

Pretend your brain is a white board. Is it covered with to-do lists and “DO NOT ERASE”? Is there space for drawing and combining ideas?

Overwhelm comes from not clarifying what your intended outcome is, not deciding what the very next action is, and not reminding yourself of your intended outcome and action.

You need to transform all the ‘stuff’ you attract and accumulate into a clear inventory of meaningful actions, projects, and usable information.

Getting things done requires defining what “done” means and what “doing” looks like.

Mastering your workflow involves capturing what has your attention, clarifying what it means, putting it where it belongs, reviewing it frequently and engaging with it.

If an action will take less than two minutes, it should be done at the moment it is defined.

Anxiety and guilt don’t come from having too much to do; it comes from breaking agreements with yourself.

The history of mankind is the instant between two strides taken by a traveler.

There is sort of a small town mentality on the east coast of Canada.

You can only govern men by serving them. The rule is without exception.

Among all the characters mentioned in the Bible, none is more mysterious than Melchisedec; said to be without father, mother, or earthly kin, and holding the dual office of king and priest.

You can be whatever size you are, and you can be beautiful both inside and out. We're always told what's beautiful and what's not, and that's not right.

You know when you watch old movies, it's always the small parts you remember, the character actors who come in like a breath of fresh air.

The cities are the principal home and seat of the human group. They are the coral colony for Man, the collective being.

The idea of sitting at home, not making music, just makes me want to throw up.

If presidents can't do it to their wives, they do it to their country.

It is such a complex matter we live within, it is impossible to track logic and decision making really, so therefore each choice can actually only be seen as coincidence.

When I was young, I was reading anything and anything I could lay my hands on. I was a veracious-to-the-point-of-insane reader.

The story of life is quicker than the blink of an eye / The story of love is hello, goodbye.

We all rely on technology to communicate, to survive, to do our banking, to shop, to get informed, but none of us knows how to read and write the code.

Start with short stories. After all, if you were taking up rock climbing, you wouldn't start with Mount Everest. So if you're starting fantasy, don't start with a nine-book series.

Once again we come to the Holiday Season a deeply religious time that each of us observes in his own way by going to the mall of his choice.

For all I know, I am beginning with the ending. My page one can wind up a year later as page two hundred, if it's still even around.

Life is like walking through Paradise with peas in your shoes.

Your greatest risk is in thinking too small. Think big. Life is too short to think small.

My brother and I have converted to Christianity, and my other brother and sister are still Sikh. So for me, it's not something that I ever want to be judgmental on. I know my parents are two people of a very strong faith. I respect all that they've done in raising their four kids and in the opportunities that they've given us.

I live in a cottage and volunteer in the village shop.

If you want to create a great product, just focus on one person. Make that one person have the most amazing experience ever.

Efficiency which is doing things right is irrelevant until you work on the right things.

We always have a good time playing, and I'm glad it shows.

I grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y. For part of my life, I was living in Detroit, and I remember a friend of mine commenting she could always tell when I had been speaking to my mother because my New York accent had come back.