Quotes About Productivity

We'll probably live 20 more years than our grandparents did. The question is, what are you going to do with those extra 20 years?

If I'm not working on something, I'm eager to work on something because it's so gratifying.

If I did all the stuff I've been accused of - or credited with - there's no way I could make all this music. I'd be drinking myself into the grave.

The science shows that the best way to use money is to take the issue of money off the people. Pay people enough so that money isn't an issue, and they can focus on doing great work.

Sometimes groups and their material can get overbloated.

We did 'Bricks' and 'Ridiculous' all in one day. Gucci came here, like, 8 in the morning - we were done 4 the morning the next day.

I know some artists who write every day, and for a while, I felt really guilty that I didn't.

'The Way of the Gun' I wrote in five days.

If you're chained to a computer all day, you're not using up much energy, even if you drag yourself to the gym a couple of days a week. And to make matters worse for me, I've had a secondary career right along with my romance writing - cookbook author, under my real name, Ruth Glick.

The habit I've developed is to write in any free half hour I might find.

There's no magic formula where you're going to get everything done in one day. I think it's about establishing and building the right habits to be successful.

In city hall and in local government, you have to get things done without drama.

I always feel like the hammer's going down right around the corner, and I think that level of constant anxiety is what keeps us from getting too lazy.

And above all, work smarter instead of harder.

high levels of criminal violence reduce a nation's economic productivity by 2 to 3 full percentage points of GDP—and

Screentime that is not purposeful tends to be a waste of time and a negative influence.

you harvesting to the very edges of your field in terms of time? — Gaye Clark

FIGURE 2-1 US employment in occupations based on importance of originality to job performance

Multitasking is a lie

It is not that we have too little time to do all the things we need to do , it is that we feel the need to do too many things in the time we have.

You need to be doing fewer things for more effect instead of doing more things with side effects.

the majority of what you want will come from the minority of what you do.

So, if you want to get the most out of your day, do your most important work—your ONE Thing—early, before your willpower is drawn down. Since your self-control will be sapped throughout the day, use it when it's at full strength on what matters most.

You can do two things at once, but you can't focus effectively on two things at once.