Quotes About Productivity

One of the values in walking to work is mental meandering. Or if driving, not to have the car radio on. Now I don't think of myself as necessarily especially creative, but this creativity has to be a profoundly wasteful process. And that mental meandering, mind wandering and so on, is an essential process.

We will spend every hour that we have. If we don't determine where we're going to spend it, then someone else will decide for us. Who deserves the best of your time today?

This whole idea of using your hands, your back, and trading your hours for dollars is WRONG!

Turnovers are by far, your biggest expense. The fewer you have, the more money you will make.

No one should sign up for more than one or two cards at a time.

Individuals should be given every incentive possible to work as a team. If the team's throughput is increased by my helping someone else, that's what I should do. Team velocity matters; individual velocity doesn't.

I used to think I had all the time in the world to do everything I wanted. But what's the use of having all the time in the world if you're always wasting it on things that don't mean a thing?

The thing about work is that it's a habit. If you do it enough. it sort of sticks so that you feel wrong if you're not doing something.

Work hard AND smart.

For those of you who are inevitably asking themselves, Okay, but how much time should I be seeking to spend on fun? Here's a starting place: two bours a day. This recommendation is grounded from two empirical sources: first, research from Dr. Marissa Sharif, Dr. Cassie Mogilner Holmes, and Dr. Hal Hershfield that suggests the "Goldilocks" sweet spot for leisure time is between two to five hours a day (more than five hours and the weight of being non productive has a negative effect.)

Work gives you meaning and purpose, and life is empty without it." Stephen Hawking

If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today.

A committee is a group that keeps the minutes and loses hours.

A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours.

There is a certain type of greasy hair that you get only when you are writing with no breaks.

Procrastination. Man's best friend. Or maybe worst enemy. Who knows? That could be figured out later.

If I went to the mall immediately and got a new sheet, then the chore wouldn't have time to gather weight. Once a task goes on the to-do list it settles in, grows roots—the trick is to preëmpt that.

I recently took up ice sculpting. Last night I made an ice cube. This morning I made 12, I was prolific.

Instead of leading the world by how much we borrow, it's time that we make sure we lead the world in how much we build and create and invest.

If you act like you've only got fifteen minutes, it will take all day. Act like you've got all day, it will take fifteen minutes.

A good vacation is over when you begin to yearn for your work.

Now that things are so simple, there's so much to do.

Su renta por trabajo es más cara y su ocio más barato, así que tenderá a trabajar menos.

Always have something to do, idleness is the worst disease to be avoided.