Productivity Goals Quotes

I am a writer who has a policy to allocate 90 percent of my time for research and the remaining 10 percent to write.

Competition is a by-product of productive work, not its goal.

If I can get some time off and still be productive and go 85-90 percent of the plays, that's fine with me.

I have so many designs and video ideas and lyrics in my head, so I always try to be productive.

If you imagine writing 1,000 words a day, which most journalists do, that would be a very long book a year. I don't manage nearly that... but I have published slightly too much recently.

I try to keep a steady pace with my writing. I have found that super-productive days are usually followed by two and even three days when I can hardly write a word. I used to try for 1000 words a day; now I am high-fiving myself after 500.

What I have now are good problems of trying to decide and what I really want to do is good work next. My phone's ringing a lot more and I've got nine lines so when it doesn't ring, it's very frustrating.

I do sit down every day and make myself write. I want 2,000 words every day or 3 single-space pages a day. I think if you are on a deadline, you have to be disciplined. If you turn things in late, you will find yourself without a contract.

Wal-Mart hires average people but squeezes above average performance and results out of them.

There's a lot of pressure to make products better. I don't feel freer.

I have never hated my job; I only hate its negative results every time I attempt to do something amazing.

Half the issues they - are so polished they're talking about - are dead by the time they get into the office, and into the midst of their tour where they're really productive.

I feel like everything I do is successful and productive. It's gonna be hard to tell me I'm slipping.

My personal opinion is that, if you're a professional writer, that you do have quotas. So every day I do try to write 800-1,200 words. I don't always achieve it, and the reality is that a lot of the words I write will end up on the cutting-room floor.

In the morning, I have certain aspirations. One of my goals is to avoid looking at the computer or checking e-mail for at least an hour after I wake up. I also try to avoid alarm clocks as much as possible, because it's just nice to wake up without one.

I know some artists who write every day, and for a while, I felt really guilty that I didn't.

I like to be productive - it's very hard for me to go on vacation because I just feel like I'm losing time.

Like everyone else, there are days when I don't want to go to work. However, writing is a job like anything else.

I feel as much pressure as anyone does about their work, really. You just want to be productive; only difference is that the work is seen and judged by a few more people.

A typical day for me involves a lot of meetings.

I don't have these crazy deadlines. I don't have this, 'Oh it's got to be out tomorrow.' I don't like working like that.