Quotes About Productivity

I'm on my computer a lot, but I swear I have an excuse! I spend about nine hours on media a day, but seven or eight of those are doing my schoolwork.

My perfect day is to work incredibly well in the morning and write something wonderful, then take the dog for a walk and go for a swim in the ladies' ponds on Hampstead Heath or work in my allotment. Then I get tarted up in the evening and go out in London to dinner or the cinema.

I've got loads of ideas swimming round, and I've even organised them in a nice folder on me computer.

Sticking to my schedule, I've gotten over seven months ahead, which allowed me to write a 'Pearls Before Swine' movie script for the big screen.

My life has two modes. One is sitting around writing and contemplating or building things. The other is execution mode. It takes a while to switch from one to the other.

The ability to 'multitask,' to switch rapidly among many competing focuses of attention, has become the hallmark of a successful citizen of the 21st century.

A great deal of our work involves switching music off.

That's just a symbol of how you should deal with a breakup. You can cry for a little bit, eat some ice cream, but I think, after that, it's like, get up, listen to some powerful music and do something that makes you happy, be productive.

The symbolic significance of individual athletes' achievements has sometimes proved more productive than the negotiations of diplomats or politicians.

In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first... The first object of any good system must be that of developing first class men.

WHEN YOU SEE HOW MUCH TIME YOU HAVE LEFT, YOU TEND TO DO MORE WITH THE TIME YOU HAVE NOW.

Als suffen werk is, dan ben ik geen harde werker. Als daarentegen slapen werk is, maak ik overuren.

Wat is dat eigenlijk: werk? Rok verlaat 's ochtends het huis en gaat dan naar haar werk. En als Bril achter zijn werkmachine zit is hij aan het werk. Ik mag dan niet op tafel springen en hem voor de vingers lopen. Werk is iets waarvoor je de deur uitgaat of waarvoor je juist binnen blijft. Die gedachte brengt me niet veel verder.

My dinner's in an hour, and I don't want to waste time flopping around in a mire of inanities.

The way you spend your time defines your life.

The stress-free workplace that is most productive is the one where workers respect each other's differences.

The lack of challenge, meaning, and purpose would be suffocating. Human beings thrive on being productive, on working toward goals, on providing for their families, on building a future—just don't ask them to do it all the time and without the freedom to say, "Now, I need time for me.

Now Semco employees are free to customize their workdays, to come in earlier or later than traditional schedules. The hours they work are determined by their self-interest, not by company dictates. They're the best judges of the amount of time and the proper place necessary to get their job done.

Companies hoping to recruit the best and the brightest must demonstrate that they trust their employees with the freedom to work anywhere. They must assume that they're buying talent and dedication, not what the Brazilians call "butt-on-chair time.

Show me a happy man and I will show you a man who is getting nothing accomplished in this world.

Show me a happy man and I will show you a man who is getting nothing accomplished in this world. Ripe

If every work of the day had thus its appointed time, we should be better skilled, both in redeeming time and performing duty (556).

It's easy. Make every second count.

Mit Sport erhöht man die Produktivität