Quotes About Productivity

I think I'm less disciplined than a lot of other people, I'm afraid, but on the other hand, I've written a lot of books.

Even if I have to work, scheduling breaks where I disconnect from technology can be beneficial.

We've discovered that the less we do, the more money we make.

There are only two kinds of employees that I've run across in 30 years. There are ones that get results, and ones that make excuses. If you're in that second camp, you're not going to like Dish.

The more space you give Joanna, the better for her. I work better when I close the distance.

I procrastinate so much and I get distracted by anything.

If I fall into a city, I fall into a scene, and I just don't want to get distracted and enjoy myself too much. There's too much work to be done.

I don't have any of the modern electronics at all. I know the Internet would be a distraction. I would see things that interested me and never get back to writing.

Multi-tasking arises out of distraction itself.

I never listen to music when I write. It's too much of a distraction.

There are too many distractions on a computer.

I tend to get my hands into all these other things and all these distractions, and after a while I start feeling depleted.

I can write all the way through the morning, when my mind is clear, and there are no distractions.

For some reason, the busier I am at the track, the better I tend to race. I think it's because I don't have to deal with all the distractions outside the car that can get me in trouble at times.

In Russia it is great because you can concentrate 100 percent on your work, there are not as many distractions as London, so I've literally had a year concentrating on my dancing.

I have divided my week among my various businesses. So that way, I am able to concentrate on all of them as well as my film work.

Making anything more labor-intensive makes it more expensive.

I've experienced writer's block, but never for more than a few days.

Over-working gets less done. We all have experienced this. We can push ourselves to exhaustion, but things get done with less attention, and our bodies eventually break down.

I have always used e-mail to the greatest extent possible.

Every apartment I've ever lived in has had a space to make, create, and get stuff done within eyesight of my bed.

I'm at my desk for about 9:30 A.M., and I stay there all day. Then there's a lot of checking Facebook and eBay and that sort of thing.

Whether it's working on five or 10 different things at the same time, I've got to stay in people's faces.

When I was younger, I just put off the writing until later in the day, but now I write early every morning to get it done. I can only write for a few hours at a time; after that, my attention fades.