Quotes About Productivity

One hour of work in peace and quiet is worth two hours in the office when other people are there, meetings are happening, and you're distracted.

At least we had work to do, and work fills in the time, and time is the enemy.

my own conviction is that one should use moods, but not be greatly deflected by them; thus one should try to use the gay times to do those things one wants to do which require gaiety, and the sober moods for the work one wants, and the low moods for giving oneself hell.

Das ist so ziemlich alles außer Geschirrspülen.

One competent go-getter is worth One Hundred incompetent do-nothings. - Kailin Gow, On Hiring a Winning Team

How to explain to the earth that it was more functional as a vegetable patch than a flower garden, just as factories were more functional than schools and boys were more functional as weapons than as humans.

That she was now more tired and forgetful, while able to do three times what she had been able to do when she was somewhat less tired and forgetful but also stressed, guilty, grouchy, and overwhelmed, seemed a small price to pay.

Idleness does drive me crazy, but I'd rather read or write than do anything just to work. A kind of respect has been instilled in me for acting: I love it too much to ever have a bad relationship with it.

Without investment there will not be growth, and without growth there will not be employment.

A tax on capital is self-defeating, in that it slows down capital accumulation, investment and economic growth.

I use my iPad many times a day, and it has cut my use of my laptop by more than half.

Whether I'm on the road or at home, I get a great deal done on elliptical machines. I use my iPad to conquer my email inbox, listen to audio books, use my Voxer Walkie Talkie app, and read through documents.

I think that I do about 85% of what I used to do on my computer now on my iPad.

I use my iPhone as an alarm, so when it goes off, I pick it up and casually scroll through whatever emails may have come in while I was asleep.

God love the iPhone. Best time waster of the century.

I carry both a Blackberry and an iPhone. But for my job, the iPhone is essential because of picture-taking and because of picture sharing.

I find it very difficult to say no when I'm in Ireland. You do end up going around doing lots of events and things and not getting work done, and it's not just a question of having hours at the desk.

Idleness is to the human mind like rust to iron.

If I'm thinking about work, it's easier to block the irrational thoughts out of my mind.

I perform the best when I'm isolated or with a few friends.

I'm always in the right headspace! I live pretty much in isolation, so there are really no distractions. That's not a manufactured thing; it's just the way I live.

Italian work is excellent but it takes them six months to do what we do in a week.

In Italy they judge you above all on your efficiency.

The challenge of email is that people send you stuff for free, and it becomes items on your to-do list.