Quotes About Productivity

Successful, effective people are those who launch directly into their major tasks and then discipline themselves to work steadily and single-mindedly until those tasks are complete. In

Debes decirte a ti mismo: «Mi vida es preciosa e importante, y valoro cada minuto y hora de la misma. Voy a utilizar esas horas correctamente para poder lograr lo más que pueda, con el tiempo que tengo».

concentrate single-mindedly on your most important task, to do it well and to finish it completely

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Take Action on Your Plan Immediately. Take the first step—and then the second step and the third step. Get going. Get busy. Move quickly. Don't delay. Remember: Procrastination is not only the thief of time; it is the thief of life.

The main reason to develop time management skills is so that you can complete everything that is really important in your work and free up more and more time to do the things in your personal life that give you the greatest happiness and satisfaction.

Dicho con sencillez, a algunas personas las cosas les van mejor porque hacen las cosas de un modo diferente y hacen correctamente las cosas adecuadas. Sobre todo, utilizan su tiempo mucho mejor que la persona promedio.

La capacidad para concentrarse resueltamente en la tarea más importante, hacerla bien y terminarla es la clave del gran éxito, del logro, el respeto, el estatus y la felicidad en la vida. Mientras

There are 168 hours in a week. The average person works 8 hours per day (40 hours a week); sleeps 8 hours per day (56 hours a week); and dresses, eats, and travels to work 4 hours per day (28 hours a week). These tasks use up 124 hours, leaving 44 hours a week as spare time.

You should say to yourself, "My life is precious and important, and I value every single minute and hour of it. I am going to use those hours properly so that I accomplish the most I can, in the time that I have.

If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first.

Say no to anything that is not a high-value use of your time and your life. Say no graciously but firmly to avoid agreeing to something against your will. Say it early and say it often. Remember that you have no spare time. As we say, "Your dance card is full.

uno de los peores usos del tiempo es hacer muy bien algo que no había ninguna necesidad de hacer.

Always work from a list. When something new comes up, add it to the list before you do it. You can increase your productivity and output by 25 percent or more—about two hours a day—from the first day that you begin working consistently from a list.

This discipline of systematic time planning can be very helpful to you. Many people have told me that the habit of taking a couple of hours at the end of each week to plan the coming week has increased their productivity dramatically and changed their lives completely. This technique will work for you as well.

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

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 thing." Put another way, you cannot eat every tadpole and frog in the pond, but you can eat the biggest and ugliest one, and that will be enough, at least for the time being.

What this means is that you will never be caught up. Get that wishful idea out of your mind. All you can hope for is to be on top of your most important responsibilities. The others will just have to wait.

Every minute spent in planning saves ten to twelve minutes in execution.

Even worse, time that you waste at work often has to be taken away from your family.

Cuál es el trabajo más importante y valioso que realizas? La primera vez que escuché esta pregunta no estaba seguro de la respuesta. Luego descubrí que era pensar. Pensar es el trabajo mejor pagado que realizas dado el concepto de consecuencias.

Take a good look at your desk or office, both at home and at work. Ask yourself, "What kind of a person works in an environment like this?" The cleaner and neater your work environment, the more positive, productive, and confident you will feel. 2. Resolve today to clean up your desk and office completely so that you feel effective, efficient, and ready to get going each time you sit down to work.

The second rule of frog eating is this: If you have to eat a live frog at all, it doesn't pay to sit and look at it for very long.

Successful, effective people are those who launch directly into their major tasks and then discipline themselves to work steadily and single-mindedly until those tasks are complete.