Chris Rock Quotes

I have a timetable, but no routine.

Given two people with exactly the same ability, the one person who manages day in and day out to get in one more hour of thinking will be tremendously more productive over a lifetime.

All times are good time for those who know how to work and have the tools to do so.

I'm lucky - I can do two things at once.

Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite.

I either delegate something, I dump it, or I deal with it.

I am a workaholic, and I sometimes wish that there were 48 hours in a day. But I know how to manipulate my time beneficially.

A lot of people don't feel like doing very much. Or one project is really all they can do at one time. I can have five or six things going at the same time. It doesn't bother me or tire me, but sometimes it does rattle me.

Those who have most to do, and are willing to work, will find the most time.

The principle of work is part of self-discipline. Now, my dear young sisters, I have lived a good many years longer than you, but even back in Grandpa's time there was something to make you want to lie down and go to sleep-they called it work.

I love having ten times as much stuff to do as I can possibly find time to do. That way, I can pick the one-tenth that I want to do most. But if I only have enough to just occupy all my time, I'm stuck doing all of whatever stuff it happens to be.

People that don't want to get down to the business at hand. Instead of just doing less, we have to find ways of doing more with less. That's the key to the future.

Slaying the dragon of delay is no sport for the short-winded.

Work first, and then rest.

Why can't people be both flexible and efficient?

The whole thing is, do as much as you can, when you possibly can, and don't stress.

Time management is a misnomer, the challenge is to manage ourselves.

Not doing things you can do is the whole point of laziness. Not doing something you can't do is just sensible.

It will take you less time and effort to do a thing the difficult way than it will to buy, try and discard all the shortcuts.

Do whatever you have to do as quickly as you can, so you can do whatever you WANT to do, for as long as you can.

Make it work

Hard work is often the easy work you did not do at the proper time.

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

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.

Effective people stay out of Quadrants III and IV because, urgent or not, they aren't important. They also shrink Quadrant I down to size by spending more time in Quadrant II...Quadrant II is the heart of effective personal management.