Steve Jobs on Innovation

Steve Jobs gave a small private presentation about the iTunes Music Store to some independent record label people. 
People kept raising their hand saying, "Does it do [x]?", "Do you plan to add [y]?". 

Finally Jobs said:
"Wait wait — put your hands down. Listen: I know you have a thousand ideas for all the cool features iTunes could have. So do we. But we don't want a thousand features. That would be ugly. Innovation is not about saying yes to everything. It's about saying NO to all but the most crucial features.” 

Derek Sivers quoting Steve Jobs

Focus on the controllable

In life we have two categories of events:
those which we can control, and those which we can't control.
Success, they say, involves distinguishing between the two
and directing your energies toward the controllable
while having the discipline to not waste time and energy on that beyond your control

Quote by Ron Sirak

The main thing - Stephen Covey

The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.

quote by Stephen Covey

Priorities

Don't tell me where your priorities are.
Show me where you spend your money and I'll tell you what they are.

James Frick

Scheduling priorities - Stephen Covey

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

Stephen Covey