Chris Liddell Quotes

Meetings with no goal, also known as 'coffee shop' meetings, can be huge time wasters if you're not efficient with them. 'Always know why you're meeting, and make sure it's important - try to keep them to 30 minutes, max.

I never accepted the premise that meetings themselves were bad.

I've always wanted to do things as fast as possible.

A man must be master of his hours and days, not their servant.

I love working quickly. I don't like to do thousands of takes, and I don't want to do thousands of set ups.

The central purpose of a chairman should be to ensure that the shortest possible time should elapse between the beginning of any meeting and its end.

We need to have fewer meetings, not more—as we have to have time to put into effect some of the things we decide in these meetings.

If you don't create structure, your time will get eaten up pretty quickly. And the alternative is harsher than you think, because the world will suck it up.

I try to do anything I can to quicken things up.

I learned to value speed in everything I do.

I'm obsessed with speed. I'm always asking myself, 'Why can't we do things faster? Why can't it happen more efficiently? Why is this requiring three meetings instead of one?'

If you in the morning Throw minutes away, You can't pick them up In the course of a day. You may hurry and scurry, And flurry and worry, You've lost them forever, Forever and aye.

Time waste differs from material waste in that there can be no salvage. The easiest of all wastes and the hardest to correct is the waste of time, because wasted time does not litter the floor like wasted material.

Quality is abundant. Time is the new scarcity.

I like to move quickly. I don't like the nature of television of just sitting around and overshooting.

A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.

We are both busy people, so let's cut the small talk.

We value the clock for its speed and efficiency. The clock has its place, efficiency has its place, after effectiveness. The symbol of effectiveness is the compass a sense of direction, purpose, vision, perspective, and balance. But the empowerment process itself is not efficient.

The military taught me the importance of getting something done in a timely manner and the importance of completing a mission on time. My lieutenant would say, 'If you don't, you die.' In many ways, life is the same. If you don't pay attention to a timeline, you lose out on the ability to accomplish the task at hand.

Time must be explicitly managed, like money.

Those who never have time do least

I like to have an active set and a fun set. I keep my days to a decent hour; I don't go overtime. Do I beat people up? I beat people up in that they know I like to shoot fast. And they know I like to be efficient. And that I like to leapfrog.

Time waste differs from material waste in that there can be no salvage.

Indecision is a major time waster; 80% of decisions should be made the first time they come up

We must improve our time; time goes with rapid foot.