Brad Stevens Quotes

We don't have any problem finding enough things to do; the problem we have is making sure we don't overload ourselves inadvertently.

Time management is an oxymoron. Time is beyond our control, and the clock keeps ticking regardless of how we lead our lives. Priority management is the answer to maximizing the time we have.

I get so many requests for interviews. If I talk to everyone, we can't do our job with our customers and work on our software. It would be hard to stay focused.

Probably the biggest problem I had was I didn't understand the importance of scheduling.

Devoting a little of yourself to everything means committing a great deal of yourself to nothing.

If you are working from your inbox, you are working on other people’s priorities.

I don't have time for any nonsense.

I have to always make sure I don't stay in one place and spend too much time one subject. I have my wife tell me [through an earpiece], "Come back! You're taking too long on that subject." I need to be reeled in.

Don't confuse activity with productivity. Many people are simply busy being busy.

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

I think my biggest career mistake has been taking on too much. And I think this is kind of - I think it's related to the Internet world, where you're always multitasking and you have a million windows open and you feel like you can do a lot at the same time.

I don't have the time to be bored.

I love writing essays and articles, so it's hard for me to resist taking assignments that inevitably pull me away from larger projects.

If I have a 12 or 14 hour workday, I am home the next. I cut out anything that is frivolous or doesn't need to be done.

I'm usually working on eight or 10 things at once.

The key to getting work done on time is to stop wearing a watch.

Write down the most important things you have to do tomorrow.

You can't work on 15 problems at the same time.

The thing that would most improve my life is 27 hours in a day. I could meet all my deadlines.

As all entrepreneurs know, you live and die by your ability to prioritize. You must focus on the most important, mission-critical tasks each day and night, and then share, delegate, delay or skip the rest.

I try to compartmentalize as much as possible, and I have the most amazing team in the world. They really set up my time in a way that is completely efficient all the time.

With my responsibilities comes having to manage my time more efficiently.

I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.

I'm never in control of my time during the workday.

Also, I'm always learning better and better how to prioritize and how to leave certain things for the next day.