“Give me six hours to chop down a tree…
“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” Abraham Lincoln
— from Time
In the book
And when a decision does not truly need to be made today, do not make it today; leaving room is itself a use of time. Stop sharpening forever and fly. Yes, prepare — give me six hours to fell a tree and I will spend four sharpening the axe — but learn the difference between sharpening and stalling. The best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago; the second-best time is today. — Time