Tom Robbins Quotes

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.

I envy people who can think, 'No, I'm not going to work today' when they have a huge pile of deadlines stacking up.

We need to distinguish between stress and stimulation. Having deadlines, setting goals, and pushing yourself to perform at capacity are stimulating. Stress is when you're anxious, upset, or frustrated, which dramatically reduce your ability to perform.

I never feel like I should have any time free.

Ninety nine percent of the time it's not urgent and to create a culture where you are constantly plugged in and expected to be always-on is to create a culture of burnout.

My schedule is always tight. But I like to have the pressure of having to finish doing something; it gives me an added edge.

Everybody who knows me is like, 'Dude, you've got to chill out.' I can't not work, given where I want to be.

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.

If you're successful and stressed out, you're succeeding in spite of your stress, not because of it.

I'm working over 80 hours a week and have to keep on track.

I feel like I'm constantly falling behind. I feel like every day I'm out of the office I'm falling behind.

My schedule is too overwhelmingly full to think about the future.

Procrastination is your body telling you you need to back off a bit and think more about what you are doing.

I get restless easily so I always want to keep working, but I am trying to pace it as well.

People under pressure don’t work better; they just work faster.

I like to believe I perform better under pressure and at the last minute.

Stress is part of life. It is something we all experience from time to time. Sometimes it reflects our own busy lifestyles or key moments such as exams, moving house, organising an event, or coping with a bereavement. Often it is associated with work: meeting a deadline, dealing with difficult people, or meeting stretching targets.

If you don't enjoy it, then putting in the long hours is going to take their toll.

There's this emotion we all feel of being overwhelmed at times, feeling that you can't get ahead. For me it's self-imposed because I'm so driven and I'm always going from project to project.

Worry is a funky luxury when a lot has to be done.

We can outrun the wind and the storm, but we cannot outrun the demon of hurry.

I don't ever rest. It's a problem and hopefully something I will get a better handle on in the coming years.

I think a lot of women, especially ones that want to achieve career goals, tend to worry. I don't want anyone to worry their life away.

If any of those times you rushed around madly - trying to get somewhere faster - had ever made any real difference in the quality of your life... don't you think you'd be able to slow down by now?

In the early days I was incredibly creative and productive - I loved the research trips, I loved the creation and finding technical solutions to creative challenges. I didn't need alcohol and the pills for that. What changed was, I was afraid to say no - that little word, N.O. Because I thought it showed weakness. And with more and more success I would just say yes. And keep on taking more work on - which took its toll.