Robert Pozen Quotes

I'm very organized. I have my day-to-day schedule, every 15 minutes, written out.

Schedule your time. People always ask, 'How do you do it all?' I'm like a walking calendar. I literally make my snacks on a Sunday if I'm traveling on a Tuesday, and I'll pack them before I leave.

I like to know where I'm going to be at seven o'clock.

No, my entire life is planned. It's called time management.

I plan my life in 15-minute sections.

Each night before I go to bed, I take out a small card and write a list of the things I need to do the next day in order of their priority.

When I come into the office, the first thing I do is I plan out what I want to accomplish that day. I write it down in my notebook and make sure I accomplish it before I leave that day.

I am anal about my Gmail calendar. It's my life. I put everything in there - my to-do list, or even if I want to do things.

I have a timetable, but no routine.

I always like to plan ahead of time and follow up.

Don't start the day until you have it finished. Don't start the week until you have it finished. Don't start the month until you have it finished. Plan your day.

I have a hard time with scheduling, and with hunkering down and planning. That's always been a struggle for me.

Don't start your day until you have it finished on paper first.

Never begin the day until it is finished on paper.

I keep a journal/day planner, which really helps me stay organized and focused.

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

A schedule defends from chaos and whim. It is a net for catching days. It is a scaffolding on which a worker can stand and labor with both hands at sections of time.

If I didn't have my little schedule book, I wouldn't get out of bed in the morning.

I have my whole life organized on an 11x17-inch tear-away weekly calendar.

Don't worry if you don't complete everything on the schedule. At least you will have completed the most important projects before getting to the less important ones.

I try to list the top three things to get done every day, and I'll be lucky if I hit all three, but it's amazing what that does to keep you on track.

As for my schedule, I tend to go to bed at the same time every night and get up at the same time every morning, and I try to be as productive as possible. Some days, I can devote to one specific thing. Other days, it's a catch-all day.

Time management is really important.

You're actually making the rest of your day productive by spending 30 minutes reviewing your to-do's, prioritizing them, and ruthlessly removing things that shouldn't be there.

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.