Jorge Marcoux

“Imagine life is a game in which you are juggling five balls. The balls are called work, family, health, friends, and integrity. And you’re keeping all of them in the air. But one day you finally come to understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. The other four balls—family, health, friends, integrity—are made of glass. If you drop one of these, it will be irrevocably scuffed, nicked, perhaps even shattered.”
― Gary Keller, The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results

“Extraordinary results happen only when you give the best you have to become the best you can be at your most important work.”
― Gary Keller, The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results

“The brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out; the brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!”
― M.J. DeMarco, The Millionaire Fastlane

“Even an idle phone conversation when driving takes a 40 percent bite out of your focus and, surprisingly, can have the same effect as being drunk.”
― Gary Keller, The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results