Jennifer Hyman Quotes

My dad has been a big influence on me, because he's always had his own business. He really taught me business sense and how to be a focused individual, but also how to have fun and make everyone around you have fun.

I try to manage my time to conserve energy.

I don't feel I'm a compulsive person. I multitask. I'm really well-organised, and I have lots of people to help me.

I have certain rules that I've established for myself that took a while post-day job to figure out. Everyone says people who freelance or are writers struggle with the structure of it. I'm not allowed to check email before a certain hour. I'm not allowed to run errands during the day. I have to write a certain amount every day.

It got a little stressful in my first two years of high school, trying to make conference calls with investors in between classes, but I definitely learned a lot of important time-management lessons.

I have definitely worked on that... being efficient and also being smarter with my pressure.

Sometimes I'm dealing with so much business, and my mind will be so stressed, that I'll go a week without writing... But the benefit of doing everything yourself is that you get a major payoff.

This goes to all the individuals out there, be in control of your business don't let your business take control of you.

An awesome thing about starting your own business? There's no one there to tell you what to do! But that, you might quickly discover, is a double-edged sword. If you're not careful, you won't shower for four days straight, and you'll spend half your time researching 'girly, stylish office' on Pinterest instead of getting any real work done.

There are so many things that I still want to do. My foundation, growing my brand . . . the list is endless. I'm honestly busier now than I was when I was swimming. It's kind of weird, but I feel like more of an adult because I have to do stuff every day. Whether it's checking emails or making phone calls or doing this and that, it's fun for me. It's the start of a new chapter. At times, it is frustrating, but I know it's not going to be easy to accomplish the goals that I want.

I have done a few solo projects that I really enjoyed and would love to have time to do more. Key word here is time!

I'm a big girl. I prioritize. I want to be acting, I want to be singing, but there will be time for that.

I make the energy to go out. You can't let the Broadway schedule run you.

People who organize their time in a way that allows them to focus are not only going to get more done, but they'll be less tired and less neurochemically depleted after doing it.

I keep explaining this to people: I can do more than one thing.

I am a workaholic and can do four things at a time.

I have to make sure I study and do my job.

If I had my way, I want to do 15 films in a year, but I have realised I cannot physically do that.

You have to keep busy. After all, no dog's ever pissed on a moving car.

I'm learning skills I will use for the rest of my life by doing homework...procrastinating and negotiation.

I dream too much, work too little.

The most successful people are those who do all year long what they would otherwise do on their summer vacation.

I've always got a whole bunch of things in the works. That's sort of the nature of the business. Even when you're doing something you love doing, you have to be plotting and scheming and writing and preparing for what you're going to do when that's finished.

Being successful doesn't make you manage your time well. Managing your time well makes you successful!

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.