Quotes About Productivity

There's something to be said for writing in the morning. At other points in the day, you're a bit more defensive.

The cleaning is something I use as a reward if I get some work done. I go into a very happy state of mind when I'm vacuuming.

When you ask people about what they enjoy doing, time spent with the boss is even worse than time spent cleaning the house. So this suggests that there are a lot of leaders out there who are not doing an adequate job.

I measured my success by how many clients I had and how many billable hours I had.

I'm a big believer in the benefit of a home studio. You're sitting there and maybe you don't know the next line. So you go outside for a second, maybe. Make a sandwich. Play with the dog. Or watch an episode of 'The Office,' whatever. And then it clicks, you run back into the room, and you've got it. It's not like your creativity is on the clock.

My day begins a little before 6 A.M. I never set an alarm clock.

I love to ,and an alarm clock will ensure that I wake up and leave work on time.

I never look at a clock. When the work's done, the work's done.

When you just coast through work and don't feel inspired, I feel you are lying to yourself.

I usually wake up really early because I keep myself on East Coast time.

Many days I don't write any code at all, and some days I spend all day writing code.

I don't like coffee but I need caffeine.

I drink coffee. Without coffee, I probably couldn't write.

Without coffee, nothing gets written. Period.

I don't drink coffee, so I have been known to have a Coca Cola on set at 6:30 A.M. in order to wake myself up.

I'm such an antsy type of person. I can't write in a room without other people around. I write in coffee shops.

I tend to work in coffee shops. I need to get out of the house, and, well, I need the coffee.

I like to work, I like to feel comfortable.

I get asked all the time how much sleep I get. That's what happens when you write a book called 'The Sleep Revolution,' travel around the world talking about it, and found a company committed to ending our global burnout crisis.

Routinize the routine. The things that aren't important to you, whether it's breakfast or your commute, try to do them with the least energy possible so that leaves you with more energy for other things.

When comparing many things in life the difference between average and best is say 30% but some people are 50 times more effective than others.

If you spend your time thinking about competition, you're not accomplishing much.

I don't like sitting around and not doing anything because that's the easiest way to get complacent and get lazy.

Now my complaint is there are only 18 hours to work in a day.