Quotes About Productivity

Early to bed, early to rise," Ziggy said. "Early or late

But I'd rather work smart than hard.

If stimulation is used when it will not help you achieve something of value, it is an uncomplementary stress. I consider coffee drinking an uncomplementary stress. I view it as a form of credit, similar to shopping with a credit card. You get energy now that you don't actually have, but you pay for it later—when the "bill," or fatigue, hits.

All work and no play makes Matthias a dull mouse.

Some general advice about writing: WRITE MORE, DO OTHER STUFF LESS.

One of the very worst uses of time is to do something very well that need not to be done at all.

Nobody works better under pressure. They just work faster.

If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first. This is another way of saying that if you have two important tasks before you, start with the biggest, hardest, and most important task first.

If you can get yourself to read 30 minutes a day, you're going to double your income every year.

An average person who develops the habit of setting clear priorities and getting important tasks completed quickly will run circles around a genius who talks a lot and makes wonderful plans but gets very little done.

Everyone procrastinates. The difference between high performers and low performers is largely determined by what they choose to procrastinate on.

The sad fact is that people are poor because they have not yet decided to be rich. People are overweight and unfit because they have not yet decided to be thin and fit. People are inefficient time wasters because they haven't yet decided to be highly productive in everything they do.

The most valuable tasks you can do each day are often the hardest and most complex. But the payoff and rewards for completing these tasks efficiently can be tremendous.

The law of Forced Efficiency says that There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.

Rule: It is the quality of time at work that counts and the quantity of time at home that matters.

You can get your time and your life under control only to the degree to which you discontinue lower-value activities.

Throughout my career, I have discovered and rediscovered a simple truth.It is this: the ability to concentrate single-mindedly on your most important task, to do it well and to finish it completely, is the key to great success, achievement, respect, status and happiness in life.

When you allow yourself to begin to dream big dreams, creatively abandon the activities that are taking up too much of your time, and focus your inward energies on alleviating your main constraints, you start to feel an incredible sense of power and confidence.

Say no to anything that is not a high-value use of your time and your life.

If you have to eat a live frog at all, it doesn't pay to sit and look at it for very long.

The Law of Forced Efficiency says, "There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important things.

The more you discipline yourself to use your time well, the happier you will feel and the better will be the quality of your life in every area.

When everything is laid out neatly and in sequence, you will feel much more like getting on with the job.

Before you begin work, always ask yourself, Is this task in the top 20 percent of my activities or in the bottom 80 percent?