Quotes About Prioritization

Time. The other side doesn't seem to be under the same kind of organizational pressure, time constraints, and restrictive deadlines you feel you're under.

It's a funny thing about roads, though. You can hardly ever make them pay off. Say you've got ten roads that need paving, and you can only pave nine. The folks on that nine that you pave aren't grateful because they figure they've got it coming. But those on that one you don't will never forgive you.

That's been my routine for years and years... Up early before everybody else, before I get connected, before I get bugged, before I have obligations. Get the writing done first, then be the person I want to be in other ways after that.

Saying 'yes' to one thing means saying 'no' to another. That's why decisions can be hard sometimes.

I think it's just as important what you say no to as what you say yes to.

Yes, there will be situations when you may need to be a little selfish, but it is better to find the right balance.

Saying no frees you up to say yes when it matters most.

Being a giver is not about saying yes to all of the people all of the time to all of the requests.

It's important to learn to say no. With tours and all of that stuff, there are so many aspects that go into it, it's easy to have so many people around you saying, 'Oh yes, yes, you can afford this, you can afford this,' and then all of the sudden you've spent $20 million on your stage, and you're like, 'Where's my money?'

I have to be fully committed to do a project nowadays, because if I say yes to something, it means the whole family are going to have to move for the job. It's a lot of upheaval. So, it has to be really worth it. Otherwise, I'd just as well not bother.

When I was on a major label I felt obliged to say yes to every interview, tour and whatever else. The label is always telling you, 'This ain't going to last,' so I worked myself half to death. I learnt from that and I like to pace myself now.

Early in my career, I didn't want to disappoint my colleagues, clients, or family. So I said yes to everything. This ended up raising my stress level and shortchanging everyone else - including myself - because I couldn't give anyone 100 percent of my time, nor could I pay close attention.

I cannot say yes to too many things. I am better off giving attention to one thing at a time.

I have employees that are, you know, other types of diversity, coming to me and saying 'Well, why aren't we focused on these other areas as well?' and I said yes, we should focus them, but, you know, the phrase we use internally is, 'If everything is important, then nothing is important.'

When you arrive at a certain level it's very easy to say yes: that is the moment to learn to say no.

Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.

I'm working as hard as I can. Yesterday, I had five different debates. I don't get a half an hour a day to talk to my wife. I don't know how much harder I can work.

I don't stretch enough. I know I should do it more, and I'd like to do yoga, but I just don't have time.

When people are getting on me for being at a Ranger game at 7 o'clock at night, they don't see what I've done between yoga, Pilates, workout, thrown, ran, done all my work by 5 o'clock, ate, and then I went to the game. Nobody is seeing that. Nobody is commenting on that.

My brain puts baths in the same category as yoga: it'd be 'nice' to relax for an hour, but I just want a 10-minute, high-impact workout; get in, get out. Showers are my cardio.

I attribute much of my success in New York to my ability to understand and avoid unnecessary distractions.

I think the response I get to one 'New Yorker' cover outweighs five books that I publish.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.

Life's a balancing act. You have multiple roles and goals, and you can do it all - just not all at once.