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Quotes About Productivity

Modern man thinks he loses something—time—when he does not do things quickly; yet he does not know what to do with the time he gains except kill it." Fromm was right; people didn't use extra time earned to relax or connect with friends or family. Instead, they tried to cram more in.
~ Lori Gottlieb
Modern man thinks he loses something—time—when he does not do things quickly; yet he does not know what to do with the time he gains except kill it." Fromm was right;
~ Lori Gottlieb
Modern man thinks he loses something—time—when he does not do things quickly; yet he does not know what to do with the time he gains except kill
~ Lori Gottlieb
people didn't use extra time earned to relax or connect with friends or family. Instead, they tried to cram more in.
~ Lori Gottlieb
Procrastination is a form of punishment
~ Unknown
They then spent the next two hours working, just two regular unicorns, getting through their to-do list.
~ Jill Shalvis
The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
~ Jim Burns
Punctuality is for people with nothing better to do
~ Jim Butcher
It was the same principle as cleaning a really messy room. You don't think about everything you have to do. You focus on one thing and get it done, then more onto the next.
~ Jim Butcher
I'd been feeling sorry for myself, which is about the most use- less thing you can feel: it doesn't do a damned thing for you. You don't feel any better, you don't get any better, and you're too busy moping to do anything to actually make your life any better.
~ Jim Butcher
You now have more work. Cease your whining, desist from your dalliances, and do your duty.
~ Jim Butcher
Money is a madness, a delusion-illusion. It's not made of metal, really. It's made of time. How much is one's time worth? If one can convince enough people that one's time is an invaluable resource, then one has lots and lots of money. That's why one can spend time—only one can never get a refund." "I
~ Jim Butcher
I had to get myself moving before the problem started looking too big. It was the same principle as cleaning a really messy room. You don't think about everything you have to do. You focus on one thing and get it done, then move on to the next.
~ Jim Butcher
You don't think about everything you have to do. You focus on one thing and get it done, then move on to the next.
~ Jim Butcher
Peter Drucker once observed that the drive for mergers and acquisitions comes less from sound reasoning and more from the fact that doing deals is a much more exciting way to spend your day than doing actual work.35
~ Jim Collins
Stop doing lists are more important thanto do lists.
~ Jim Collins
O melhor sinal da riqueza não é manter uma agenda lotada, mas ter tempo disponível para se concentrar no que é importante.
~ Jim Collins
God is asking you to take care of this special place. He says: If a man is lazy, the rafters sag; if his hands are idle, the house leaks (Ecclesiastes 10:18).
~ Jim George
Trabajo cincuenta horas semanales y reconozco que a veces no tengo tiempo para «ser todo lo que puedo ser»
~ Joan Didion
Work, Work, Work
~ Joan Holub
When you're tired, sleep. Don't watch stupid tv or play games on your phone. Sleep, and then get up early, and do the stuff you hope you'll be known for after you die.
~ Maggie Stiefvater
People who like their job will give it their best. Those who don't, show it by a poor performance.
~ Ellen J. Barrier
A religious person without no job is a dead person. (Iigbagbo ti koni ise oku ni. - Yoruba proverb)
~ Habeeb Akande
It's absurd to be upset by a lack of results when the cause is a lack of activity.
~ Orrin Woodward