David Harsanyi Quotes

The only way to have time is to shut down and then do what you want to do.

Stop running around, stop trying to return every email in your inbox immediately, stop cramming too much stuff into too few hours in the day. Sit down, shut up, and most importantly, be glad.

The ultimate goal of a more effective and efficient life is to provide you with enough time to enjoy some of it.

My message to the ladies would be, you can do all of the things, but not all of them at the same time.

From a productivity perspective, prioritization is key. And it's very easy to focus on clearing the decks of minutia, especially when one's very busy.

I like to always be as productive as possible.

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

He that pursues two hares at once, does not catch one and lets the other go.

It's incredibly easy to get caught up in an activity trap, in the busy-ness of life, to work harder and harder at climbing the ladder of success only to discover it's leaning against the wrong wall. It is possible to be busy - very busy - without being very effective.

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

If people would reflect that one can only do one thing at a time and therefore there is never more than one thing to do at a time, there would be less fatigue in the world.

He who attempts to do all will waste his life in doing little.

I've learned to relax more. Everybody feels pressure in what they do, maybe mine is just a little different because there doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day to accomplish what I want to.

A 'harmonized' life these days sounds like a tall order. Between housework, homework, workwork, and busywork, there are perpetually too many things to do, and not enough time to find that mythical balance. Nothing is more frustrating than feeling like you're doing doing doing but getting nothing truly done that you really want.

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

I get a lot done considering I spend half my day sleeping.

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.

A lot of people thought I wasn't doing anything because I was spending a lot of time socialising and going out, but I've always managed to get work actually done.

Scheduling down time as part of your routine is hard but worth it, personally, even professionally.

If I was a little bit younger I would worry more. I'd want to do one thing at a time but now I try to do a bunch of different things at a time if I can.

When I quit all these things and said I didn't have any time, I meant I didn't have any time.

Once you get into the habit of work, you can be more productive in the things you want to do.

We live as though there aren't enough hours in the day, but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress.

The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.

I'm at my desk before nine, and I go all day. I'm not necessarily productive all day, but really, who is?