Quotes About Productivity

Our Lord never condemned the fig tree because it brought forth so much fruit that some fell to the ground and spoiled. He only cursed it when it was barren.

Idleness is emptiness; the tree in which the sap is stagnant, remains fruitless.

Put no trust in the benefits to accrue from early rising, as set forth by the infatuated Franklin.

Trust me, I know what self loathing is. But to kill myself? That would put a damper on my search for answers. Not at all productive.

People often ask, why aren't you reading about what it is you're working on right now? And the truth is, you only get three pages a night before your eyelids close.

Because you can text while doing something else, texting does not seem to take time but to give you time. This is more than welcome; it is magical.

Research tells us that being comfortable with our vulnerabilities is central to our happiness, our creativity, and even our productivity.

The answer: Multitasking will not bring greater value. You will feel you are achieving more and more as you accomplish less and less. You will be asked, outright, "Why go through the anxiety of separating from all of your connections to focus on the small group you are with?" The answer: The more you talk to your colleagues, the greater your productivity.

Self-assurance, optimism, productivity, attachments of caritas to others, pride in our physical selves—these are all philosophies that enhance living. They are wellsprings largely of our own making, and they can grow in significance as we let their energies pour into the ever-widening, deepening channel of experience and wisdom.

When a job is to be done there's no use putting it off.

It's nervous work. The state you need to write in is the state that others are paying large sums of money to get rid of.

The early bird gets the worm. I'd rather sleep in and have toaster muffins.

Super achievers don't waste time in unproductive thoughts, esoteric thoughts or catastrophic thoughts. They think constructively and they know that their level of thinking determines their success.

In a positive environment, a marginal performer's output goes up. In a negative environment, a good performer's output goes down.

The habit of procrastination fatigues you more than the effort it takes to do the task.

Most people have a double or triple notion in one activity. There is a saying, "To catch two birds with one stone." That is what people usually try to do. Because they want to catch too many birds they find it difficult to be concentrated on one activity, and they may end up not catching any birds at all!

One look at an email can rob you of 15 minutes of focus. One call on your cell phone, one tweet, one instant message can destroy your schedule, forcing you to move meetings, or blow off really important things, like love, and friendship.

Only from a capitalist viewpoint being productive is a moral virtue, if not a moral imperative. From the viewpoint of the working class, being productive simply means being exploited.

Efetivamente, num sistema em que a vida está subordinada à produção de lucro, a acumulação de força de trabalho só pode ser alcançada com o máximo de violência para que, nas palavras de Maria Mies, a própria violência se transforme na força mais produtiva.

I've come across studies that show a fascinating tendency of white-collar workers to inflate their work hours.' This applied particularly to those employed in what she calls 'white-collar sweatshops', the traditionally punishing arenas of finance and tech.

A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems.

I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious

Waste of time is waste of time for everyone.

Our time is like our money; when we change a guinea the shillings escape as things of small account; when we break a day by idleness in the morning, the rest of the hours lose their importance in our eyes.