Paul Dickson Quotes

People frequently fail when they try to do everything at once. They approach a massive project and quickly get discouraged. Taking small, but high-value steps takes less time, and you learn more in the long run.

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

One of the things Mr. Kennedy taught me was that in laying out a new project, you shouldn't try to cope with every little problem.

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.

Time management is really key for me.

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.

You must plan your work and then work your plan.

You don't have to solve every problem at once.

Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report written on birds that he'd had three months to write, which was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books about birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him put his arm around my brother's shoulder, and said, "Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.

Time management is really personal management, life management. and management of yourself.

I'm not a very organized person for being uber work-obsessed. I struggle to keep it all organized because everything can become important and, when you have so many spinning plates, they sometimes can cancel each other out because you lose track of everything.

Don't try to solve the entire problem on day one.

I have always lived my life by making lists: lists of people to call, lists of ideas, lists of companies to set up, lists of people who can make things happen. Each day I work through these lists, and that sequence of calls propels me forward.

There is always something else to do. A gardener should have nine times as many lives as a cat.

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.

Whatever you're working on, take small bites. The task will not be overwhelming if you can reduce it to its smallest component.

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.

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.

Boundary setting is really a huge part of time management.

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.

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.