Quotes About Productivity

Writing is pretty flexible work, don't you think? If you want to surf, you just have to get a lot done when the waves are lousy. That's what I'm always telling myself, anyway - write while the surf's down!

The most efficient way to live reasonably is every morning to make a plan of one's day and every night to examine the results obtained.

So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear. That there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system.

If you don't understand how to run an efficient operation, new machinery will just give you new problems of operation and maintenance. The sure way to increase productivity is to better administrate man and machine.

Profitability is coming from productivity, efficiency, management, austerity, and the way to manage the business.

Use the environment to remind you of what needs to be done. If you're afraid you'll forget to buy milk on the way home, put an empty milk carton on the seat next to you in the car or in the backpack you carry to work on the subway.

There's ways to amuse yourself while doing things and thats how I look at efficency.

We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.

We cannot go on as we are with 2.6 million people on incapacity benefit, 500,000 of them are under 35. Are we really saying there are half a million people in this country under 35 who are simply too ill to work? I don't think that's right.

Insomniacs tend to fall into two general categories - those who give up and those who don't. I don't. I refuse to admit defeat by turning on the light. I will not try to read or watch a movie, thank you. Productivity is a crutch of the weak.

Time spent travelling was assumed to be unproductive and a monetary value attributed to the minutes that would be saved from a speedier journey that allowed people to get from one office to another more quickly. I've always thought that that case was weak.

When working, my diet degrades to pizza three times a day, because I don't want to distract myself from anything.

Airplanes are a good place to concentrate because you get no emails, no phone calls.

Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.

Being on the plane is my catch-up time. I write thank-you notes. I read. I write stand-up jokes.

I'm on a lot of airplanes. There are definitely times when I just vapor-lock. I'm on the plane, and I have so much to do, I just don't know what to do. It never lasts for very long. It might last for the flight.

I like being on a plane with no phone service because I get so much work done.

Seven days a week, I'm always drawing, doodling, or painting, whether I'm in the studio or on a plane.

I don't get paid a salary, but I do like to go by private plane because it saves a lot of time and is very efficient.

I write everywhere. I've written books while I was on planes, at Disney World, and in multiple countries of which I am not a native. It can be a struggle to make word count sometimes, but I will persevere!

I write pretty much anywhere - on planes, in hotel rooms, anywhere in my house.

I've written everywhere - in hotel rooms, cafes, airports, and planes all around the world. Now I have a home office, and the wi-fi is really bad down there, which is great. If I make a date with myself to write from, say, 6 A.M. to 10 A.M. on a Saturday, the fact that no emails come in helps me focus.

You do have to kind of sit down and try to write, because it's not the easiest thing when you're off and on planes. I'm sure if you're always on a bus, it's a little bit easier.

I particularly like writing on planes. You've got nothing else to do but concentrate.