Quotes About Productivity

Work is an addiction. I've always done too much. It's in my nature.

I don't even like to sleep - I feel as if there's too much to do.

Our philosophy at Zoom is to create a company that promotes self-motivation. I have told our managers not to spend too much time motivating employees. You have to create an environment where employees can motivate themselves. That is really important because self-motivation is more sustainable.

You feel good if you've done hard work. You sleep better. You get stuck in your head if you have too much time to think.

I hate spending too much time idling around.

I've learned over decades of building that a deadline is a potent tool for problem-solving.

Whether you write down your to-do lists in a notebook or use a tool like Evernote, to-do lists can be a real life-saver, since it reduces the stress of trying to remember things like a meeting or what you need to pick up at the grocery store.

Meetings get a bad rap, and deservedly so - most are disorganized and distracted. But they can be a critical tool for getting your team on the same page.

When I'm out and about, I'll text or email myself from my phone. A smart phone is a great tool for a writer.

When meetings are the norm - the first resort, the go-to tool to discuss, debate, and solve every problem - they no longer work.

You can get more stuff done with Facebook than any other tool that we know of, and we'd like to make that available to the whole world.

We have found that using Facebook as a work tool makes our work day more efficient.

The entire idea of building a series of systems in a business is simply this - to create the tools that allow you, as a business owner, to increase productivity and get the job done. The idea behind these systems, of course, is to quit needing your judgement or input in every area of the business.

Continuous productivity manifests itself as an environment where the evolving tools and culture make it possible to innovate more and faster than ever, with significantly improved execution.

I was trying to figure out what to do next, I'd been accumulating ideas for productivity tools - software people could use every day, particularly to help organize their lives.

I've learned over the years that you're going to be most successful at the things you're most excited to do. Every artist has a special set of tools. When you really use those tools, and you make yourself feel really good about the product you create, I think you'll find an audience for it. I've been very fortunate in that respect.

We've all been inundated with so many ingenious, must-have, time-saving apps and tools that we really don't have a second left to spare.

Productivity doesn't have to be complicated. It can be easily boosted through a manageable combination of the right tools, resources, and habits to make the most of your time.

Giving employees agency over their workspace encourages them to think carefully about the conditions in which they work best, and it gives them the tools to forge that environment.

Pro Tools rules. You get the opportunity to try more things because you don't waste so much time trying to get the perfect take.

The moment you've brought a toothbrush to work, then you're getting into crunch time.

There are two big benefits from moving conversations from a mode where you're addressing individuals, or groups of individuals, to addressing a channel which is a topic, a project, a functional discipline, or whatever.

Every day is like that, eight successive meetings on eight different topics, every one really important and interesting.

I'm not afraid of hard work. I like it! It's the other bit - the not working - I find more problematic. If I'm not busy, I just get antsy. I've been this way since I was a child. Sitting still is like torture for me.