Mark V. Hurd Quotes

Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

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

In soloing - as in other activities - it is far easier to start something than it is to finish it.

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.

The ultimate inspiration is the deadline.

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

The more I want a book to be done, the faster I type because I just want to get it out.

I mean, I can get things done if I need to, but I can really be completely irresponsible and procrastinate until the very, very, very bitter end. In fact, sometimes I work better under pressure.

It's important to complete things and finish what you started.

I always make lists of things I need to get done. I like the sense of having completed one thing so I can move on to the next.

I love a daily deadline.

I work better under pressure.

Do not spend the day in gathering flowers by the way side, lest night come upon you before you arrive at your journey's end, and then you will not reach it.

Deadlines have a lousy name. Call them live-lines instead. That´t what they are.

Write as well as you can and finish what you start.

When you break goal into increment and start controlling your time, things begin to happen.

Without a deadline, baby, I wouldn't do nothing.

So many people are good at starts and not so good at finishing.

Whatever can be done another day can be done today.

The best cure for procrastination is to have so much on your plate that procrastination is no longer an option.

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do a great deal if we choose our goals well and work diligently to attain them.

Checklists turn out...to be among the basic tools of the quality and productivity revolution in aviation, engineering, construction - in virtually every field combining high risk and complexity. Checklists seem lowly and simplistic, but they help fill in for the gaps in our brains and between our brains.

I don't need time. What I need is a deadline!

The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings you closer to achieving your dreams.

Define your goals in terms of the activities necessary to achieve them, and concentrate on those activities.