Quotes About Productivity

Una de las maneras más rápidas y mejores de dejar de postergar y conseguir hacer más cosas velozmente es ser absoluta- mente excelente en las áreas clave de resultados. Esto puede ser tan importante como cualquier otra cosa que haga en su vida o su carrera.

Concentrate all your thoughts on the task at hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

Only about 3 percent of adults have clear, written goals. These people accomplish five and ten times as much as people of equal or better education and ability but who, for whatever reason, have never taken the time to write out exactly what they want. There is a powerful formula for setting and achieving goals that you can use for the rest of your life.

every minute spent in planning saves as many as ten minutes in execution.

your ability to select your most important task at each moment, and then to get started on that task and to get it done both quickly and well, will probably have more of an impact on your success than any other quality or skill you can develop. An

empiece por la mayor, la más dura y la más importante. Disciplínese para empezar inmediatamente y luego perseverar hasta que haya completado la tarea antes de pasar a otra cosa.

2. Plan every day in advance: Think on paper. Every minute you spend in planning can save you five or ten minutes in execution.

3. Apply the 80/ 20 Rule to everything: Twenty percent of your activities will account for 80 percent of your results. Always concentrate your efforts on that top 20 percent.

If I could do only three things on this list, all day long, what would be the third item?

5. Practice creative procrastination: Since you can't do everything, you must learn to deliberately put off those tasks that are of low value so that you have enough time to do the few things that really count.

6. Use the ABCDE Method continually: Before you begin work on a list of tasks, take a few moments to organize them by value and priority so you can be sure of working on your most important activities.

7. Focus on key result areas: Identify those results that you absolutely, positively have to get to do your job well, and work on them all day long.

8. Apply the Law of Three: Identify the three things you do in your work that account for 90 percent of your contribution, and focus on getting them done before anything else. You will then have more time for your family and personal life.

Practica la «regla del setenta por ciento». Si alguien más puede hacer el trabajo un setenta por ciento tan bien como tú, delega la tarea a esa persona.

11. Upgrade your key skills: The more knowledgeable and skilled you become at your key tasks, the faster you start them and the sooner you get them done. Determine exactly what it is that you are very good at doing, or could be very good at, and throw your whole heart into doing those specific things very, very well.

13. Put the pressure on yourself: Imagine that you have to leave town for a month, and work as if you had to get your major task completed before you left.

Effective, productive people discipline themselves to start on the most important task that is before them. They force themselves to eat that frog, whatever it is. As a result, they accomplish vastly more than the average person and are much happier as a result.

17. Focus your attention: Stop the interruptions and distractions that interfere with completing your most important tasks.

19. Create large chunks of time: Organize your days around large blocks of time so you can concentrate for extended periods on your most important tasks.

20. Develop a sense of urgency: Make a habit of moving fast on your key tasks. Become known as a person who does things quickly and well.

21. Single handle every task: Set clear priorities, start immediately on your most important task, and then work without stopping until the job is 100 percent complete. This is the real key to high performance and maximum personal productivity.

Go through your life regularly and practice "creative abandonment": Consciously determine the activities that you are going to discontinue so that you have more time to spend on those tasks that can really make a difference to your future.

Una de las reglas más importantes de la eficacia personal es la del 10/90. Dice que el primer 10 por ciento del tiempo que ocupa planificando y organizando su trabajo, antes de empezar, le va a permitir ahorrar hasta el 90 por ciento del tiempo que ocupará en hacer el trabajo una vez que lo ha empezado.

Resiste la tentación de gastar tiempo leyendo cosas que no son de valor inmediato o de relevancia para tu vida y trabajo.