Quotes About Productivity

Diversity is the foundation of productive group decision-making, but we can't underestimate how hard it is to maintain. We all tend to gravitate toward people who are near clones of us. After all, it feels good to hear our ideas echoed back to us.

In a related vein, the third principle: whenever possible, we should seek to productively alter our own state when engaging in mental labor.

One recent study, conducted in a British government agency that switched from enclosed offices to an open-plan workspace, found that the heightened imperative to engage in self-presentation in such settings fell most heavily on women, for whom appearance is considered especially important.) When people are relieved of the cognitive load imposed by their environment, they immediately become more creative, neuroscientist Moshe Bar has found.

Count that day lost whose low descending sun. Views from thy hand no worthy action done.

Sewing: A creative mess is better than tidy idleness.

My personal opinion is that, if you're a professional writer, that you do have quotas. So every day I do try to write 800-1,200 words. I don't always achieve it, and the reality is that a lot of the words I write will end up on the cutting-room floor.

If things are just gliding along easily and there's no real obstacles or hurdles, those typically aren't my most productive times, personally or professionally.

Productivity is going to be a critical issue. And it's not just about getting more time for professors in the classroom. It involves reexamining the learning experience and restructuring faculty and the use of faculty time.

Very narrow areas of expertise can be very productive. Develop your own profile. Develop your own niche.

Profitability comes from loyalty, productivity, and having a character base from which to work.

Eliminating what is not wanted or needed is profitable in itself.

If you look at my desk... it's profoundly disorganised - which is why I can work on search.

Faffing, of course, does not fit the programme. We are supposed to be busy, productive citizens.

I'm so programmed to getting up early that I like to make the most of the day.

Programmers can be lazy.

I've never been one of those programmers that works effectively on short amounts of sleep. I've always needed eight hours.

When are programmers happy? They're happy when they're not underutilized - when they're not bored - and also when they're not overburdened with inappropriate specifications or meaningless bureaucracies. In other words, programmers are happiest when they're working efficiently. This is a general preference in creative work.

Productivity has always been the justification for the prepackaging of programming knowledge. But it is worth asking about the sort of productivity gains that come from the simplifications of click-and-drag.

I don't like a lot of social programs either because it makes you non-productive.

I have always advocated for funding and programs that increase our productivity and competitiveness.

I have to use all these programs that cut off the internet, force me to be bored, because being bored is an essential part of writing, and the internet has made it very hard to be bored.

One day's delay is another day's lack of progress.

Delay is the enemy of progress.

I know how long it takes me to draw a page, how long it takes me to complete a project, how long I can work before my hand gives out, that sort of thing.