Andy Stanley Quotes

You perform at your best when you are working continually on high-priority goals and objectives.

I try to be as efficient as possible.

I do have to pick my priorities. Nobody can do everything.

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

The more business one has, the more you are able to accomplish, for you learn to economize your time.

Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.

I do not want to waste any time. And if you are not working on important things, you are wasting time.

I'm trying to keep my days very efficient, and I keep my set really tight. Every single corner is active, and everybody gets to thrive in the job that they do. I don't waste people's time.

Focusing on the right priorities can help you do more faster.

Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager.

Efficiency, which is doing things right, is irrelevant until you work on the right things.

Doing more things faster is no substitute for doing the right things.

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.

As in all things, it is terribly important to have a sense of priorities in what you do. And to make certain that priorities do not clash.

Effectiveness is doing the things that get you closer to your goals. Efficiency is performing a given task (whether important or not) in the most economical manner possible. Being efficient without regard to effectiveness is the default mode of the universe.

To be efficient means getting the job done in a smart, resourceful and timely way. To be effective means getting the right job done well, efficiently or not.

I just think there are enough hours in the day. If you just focus and dedicate yourself and approach each task as it presents itself, you can accomplish a lot.

I've learned time management, organization and I have priorities.

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.

This is the key to time management - to see the value of every moment.

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.

I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.

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.

One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.