Quotes About Prioritization

People only have so much attention.

The first year was kind of hard for me. There was just too much attention, too much going on, and I really just wanted to focus on basketball.

I'm quite good at multitasking, but I have to do things immediately.

I think all of us are multitasking a little more today than we used to or than we would like to. And I think that the issue of work-life balance is a critical issue for every company around the world.

There's no such thing as multitasking.

I don't believe in multitasking. I rather believe in doing one thing at a time.

My mum brought me up to think that personal happiness is more important than your family.

My mum told me, 'At that moment when you know you can't do both, the marriage and the kids, choose the marriage because you're going to be spending your whole lives together, so you have to put a lot of work and attention into the relationship.'

I find so often, you know, just on a very mundane level; you've got a meeting and your child's acting in a school play. You can't do both things. And it's not simply that you can't do both, but whatever you do, you're going to be neglecting something that's really important.

I hate to say this, but I always listen to the music and the instrumentation first, and then grab on to the lyrics later.

I dedicated almost 12 years to the music industry before having children.

If I had to put in order what I love to do the most, it would be musical theater, movies, and then television.

I'm going to take the kids away over Christmas but I don't, I've written 14 musicals now, I don't want to rush into doing something just for the sake of doing it. I want to do it when I find a story.

My life is just - logistics - fitting everything in.

As a wife, daughter, friend, and the founder and CEO of LearnVest, my schedule is anything but simple. But I learned early on how meticulously manage my time.

In my house, it's family first - but I was spending most of my time at the church. So, I was saying 'family first,' but I wasn't showing that. I didn't like the message that sent my daughter.

I am selective about what I give my time to.

I have always spent my time more preciously than my money.

At one point, I just decided that it might be more creatively rewarding to put my time into writing on stuff that I could really be proud of rather than trying to get a one-episode part on 'Modern Family' or something.

I overloaded myself with work. I give myself work to do so I don't give myself time to chill and have free time to chill with the family as much.

I don't want to get into extended conversations with people on MySpace, because there are friends I have extended conversations with every day.

I'm lucky if I get my nails done, period.

I always feel guilty when I want to go get my nails done or hair done because it takes time away, but I know moms need that alone time, too.

Dogs are more of a responsibility than kids - you can send a kid off to their grandparents or a nanny, but with a dog you can't do that.