Productive Quotes

• Sometimes the biggest gain in productive energy will come from cleaning the cobwebs, dealing with old business, and clearing the desks—cutting loose debris that's impeding forward motion.

  David Allen

  Cutting, Energy, Cobwebs

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• Lost time is never found again.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Motivational, Positive, Time

  Benjamin Franklin (1821). “Essays and Letters”, p.80

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• The more generous we are, the more joyous we become. The more cooperative we are, the more valuable we become. The more enthusiastic we are, the more productive we become. The more serving we are, the more prosperous we become.

  William Arthur Ward

  Giving, Enthusiastic, Joyous

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• Focus on being productive instead of busy.

  Tim Ferriss

  Productive Work, Focus, Kick Ass

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  Action is the foundational key to all success.

  Pablo Picasso

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

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• Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.

  Peter Drucker

  Procrastination, Productive Life, Government

  Peter Drucker (2013). “Managing for the Future”, p.156, Routledge

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• The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings.

  Thomas Sowell

  Procrastination, Productive Life, Productive Work

  Thomas Sowell (2013). “Controversial Essays”, p.319, Hoover Press

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• Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before.

  Franz Kafka

  Business, Able, Kick Ass

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  Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

  Francis of Assisi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  President Gellhaus’ Speech, annualmeeting.acog.org. 2016.

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  Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort.

  John Ruskin

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

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• When we truly need to do is often what we most feel like avoiding.

  David Allen

  Inspirational, Needs, Avoiding

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• Improved productivity means less human sweat, not more.

  Henry Ford

  Mean, Sweat, Kick Ass

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• You don't actually do a project; you can only do action steps related to it. When enough of the right action steps have been taken, some situation will have been created that matches your initial picture of the outcome closely enough that you can call it "done.

  David Allen

  Taken, Done, Outcomes

  David Allen (2015). “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity”, p.58, Penguin

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• America's abundance was not created by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal interests and the making of their own private fortunes.

  Ayn Rand

  Sacrifice, Men, America

  Ayn Rand, Nathaniel Branden, Alan Greenspan, Robert Hessen (1986). “Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal”, p.27, Penguin

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• You don't actually do a project; you can only do action steps related to it.

  David Allen

  Steps, Action, Projects

  David Allen (2015). “Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity”, p.58, Penguin

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• I always had the uncomfortable feeling that if I wasn't sitting in front of a computer typing, I was wasting my time - but I pushed myself to take a wider view of what was "productive." Time spent with my family and friends was never wasted.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Views, Uncomfortable Feeling, Feelings

  Gretchen Rubin (2012). “Happier at Home: Kiss More, Jump More, Abandon Self-Control, and My Other Experiments in Everyday Life”, p.134, Harmony

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• Part of being a winner is knowing when enough is enough

  Donald Trump

  Winning, Productive Life, Walking Away

  Twitter post from Oct 9, 2014

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• Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

  Walt Disney

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals.

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Motivational, Eye

  Brian Tracy, Azim Jamal (2016). “What You Seek Is Seeking You”, p.139, Jaico Publishing House

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• Understanding your employee's perspective can go a long way towards increasing productivity and happiness.

  Kathryn Minshew

  Inspirational, Leadership, Productive Work

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• Should you find yourself in a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is likely to be more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.

  Warren Buffett

  Business, Investing Money, Investment Success

  Warren Buffett (2009). “Warren Buffett on Business: Principles from the Sage of Omaha”, p.118, John Wiley & Sons

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• How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

  Unknown

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  FaceBook post by Anne Frank from Dec 25, 2011

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• Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.

  Stephen King

  Inspirational, Writing, Procrastination

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