Sherry Turkle Quotes

If I could read while I was driving, showering, socializing or sleeping, I would do it.

I enjoy multi-tasking, so I want to do a lot of different things. I want to keep all the plates spinning.

Play more than one game at a time. This is a painless way to learn how to do many things at once.

Be able to meet any deadline, even if your work is done less well than it would be if you had all the time you would have preferred.

I like to work on a number of things simultaneously. If you're working on a variety of projects and if you get stuck on one of them, you can move to another without grinding your gears indefinitely.

For me, not owning a car means I may spend a little extra time on public transportation, but I can use that time to read, catch up on work projects, and make the phone calls I couldn't get to earlier. Plus, I never waste time at the mechanics or gas station.

I am terrible at doing nothing. I'm not brilliant at doing one thing at a time, either. Ideally, I would fill out my tax return while watching a film; peel potatoes while reading the post; send emails in the bath.

Why can't people be both flexible and efficient?

I've gotten much better at multi-tasking. It's hard, though. But, writing a script is not totally focused. You're taking little breaks, all the time. If a kid runs in, you give 'em a horsey ride. It's a pretty fluid process.

I'm extremely organized. The more things I have to work on and can bounce back and forth between, the more energized I am.

Do things as soon as you can. If a decision needs to be made, make it. It gives you more time to change your mind.

When I first started writing, I had a very difficult time switching between projects, but now it's not only second-nature, it's indispensable: If I stall on one project, I can switch to another and stay productive.

To be successful, all you have to do is work half-days; you can work the first twelve hours or the second twelve hours.

Another cause of confusion, and the resulting feelings of nervousness, hurry, and anxiety, is the absurd habit of trying to do many things at one time.

Taking Five and Returning Four is not Giving

The machine yes the machine never wastes anybody's time never watches the foreman never talks back.

Don't think to hunt two hares with one dog.

As we create synergy among the roles of our lives, there's more of us to put into the time we have.

Each thing I do, I rush through, so I can do something else.

I'm not a very organized person for being uber work-obsessed. I struggle to keep it all organized because everything can become important and, when you have so many spinning plates, they sometimes can cancel each other out because you lose track of everything.

Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best to be done.

I took two important phone calls while in the shower today because I'm a goddam professional.

I've always been the sort of guy who's happiest doing more than one thing at a time.

I won't take time to repeat all the obvious benefits of physical exercise but will only underscore the well-attested fact that a program of regular exercise increases one's efficiency in every facet of life, including the depth and restfulness of sleep. And the time taken can be minimal; just a few minutes of calisthenics and running in place in one's room or jogging around the yard or block is often sufficient. Exercising doesn't take time. It saves time. Still, few consistently do it.

If you are rushed for time, sow time and you will reap time. Go to church and spend a quiet hour in prayer. You will have more time than ever and your work will get done. Sow time with the poor. Sit and listen to them, give them your time lavishly. You will reap time a hundredfold.