Quotes About Productivity

Note the Strong Man. He sees a thing to do and immediately DOES it. The thing may look trivial. It may even seem the work of some other fellow. But without hesitancy, as though dispute was greater than the task, the Strong Man gets the thing Done — so that he may have Time for other and Bigger things.

Victor Hugo says: "He who every morning plans the transactions of the day and follows out the plan, carries a thread that will guide him through the labyrinth of the most busy life. The orderly arrangement of his time is like a ray of light which darts itself through all his operations.

The person who uses his free time solely for personal pleasure and play will never be a success at anything. Your

Forced idleness is far worse than forced labor. Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control and strength of will and content and a hundred other virtues which the idle will never know.

The ability to say 'woe is me' shows an abundance of inactivity." If I have time to think about how crappy things are, then I simply am not in action. I am not doing enough.

This line of procedure may take a few days or weeks of extra time, but the difference in income, in advancement, and in gaining recognition will save years of hard work at small pay. It has many advantages, the main one being that it will often save from one to five years of time in reaching a chosen goal.

The cause of failure is doing too many things in an inefficient manner, and not doing enough things in an efficient manner.

20. Lack of concentration of effort. The "jack-of-all-trades" seldom is good at any. Concentrate all of your efforts on one definite chief aim.

Procrastination, the opposite of decision, is a common enemy which practically everyone must conquer.

Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.

Have as your center idea — elimination. Everything that takes your time from your business or your family is an extra tax on your strength. Eliminate every habit that holds you back, every practice that unfits you for progress, every person who depresses you, every move that is not necessary, every footless idea that crowds your brain.

The commonest symptoms of this fear are: The tendency to slow down and develop an inferiority complex at the age of mental maturity, around the age of forty, falsely believing one's self to be "slipping" because of age. (The truth is that man's most useful years, mentally and spiritually, are those between forty and sixty).

How much time out of every 24 hours do you devote to: a. your occupation b. sleep c. play and relaxation d. acquiring useful knowledge e. plain waste

Be pleasant in the morning until ten o'clock, the rest of the day will take care of itself.

Have you noticed that the most effective worker is generally the busiest?

If your mental attitude is negative, if you complain and find fault with others, it will offset whatever you do, even if you do more than you are paid to do.

Indecision and procrastination are twin brothers.

When a man's undivided attention is centered on one object, his mind will constantly be suggesting improvements of value, which would escape him if his brain was occupied by a dozen different subjects at once.

Procrastination, the opposite of decision, is a common enemy which practically every man must conquer.

Relax Achievement is the result of the proper co-ordination between Work and Rest.

El período entre los cuarenta y los cincuenta es, por regla general, el más fructífero. Las personas no deberían acercarse a esta edad con miedo y temblorosas, sino con esperanza y una ansiosa expectación.

Indecision and procrastination are twin brothers. Where one is found, the other may usually be found also. Kill off this pair before they completely hog-tie you to the treadmill of failure.

The actual capital value of your brains may be determined by the amount of income you can produce (by marketing your services).

Learn to Wait. Not idly, but with the spirit of Busyness in your system working itself out into some useful Endeavor. For to know HOW to Wait is to master one of the greatest secrets of Success.