Joseph B. Wirthlin Quotes

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.

One of the secrets of getting more done is to make a TO DO List every day, keep it visible, and use it as a guide to action as you go through the day.

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

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 always make lists of things I need to get done. I like the sense of having completed one thing so I can move on to the next.

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.

The real key is time management and being able to focus on what you need to, on using every available minute to accomplish something that needs to be done.

Never begin the day until it is finished on paper.

I keep a notebook of the things I need to get done in a day, week, month along with my overarching goals. Whenever I have a couple moments on set or on a plane, I work on ticking off my to-do list.

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

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

With my responsibilities comes having to manage my time more efficiently.

The night before, go over your schedule and see what you're going to do and what the purpose of what you're doing is. I advocate having a two-column schedule. On the left, put down all your appointments and phone calls. On the right, put down what the purpose is.

I keep lists of names of people that I have met, a list of things to do day by day as well as a log of how my time is consumed throughout the day. It's a very important part of my personal discipline.

I write everything down. I e-mail the second I think of something, or I write notes in my BlackBerry calendar. I set up reminder alerts on my phone. And I have a notebook by my bedside so I can write down any last-minute ideas.

Time management is really key for me.

I plan my life in 15-minute sections.

If you expect to grow your business, you need to be plotting out your schedules days in advance. Until you get that most basic of steps orchestrated, you can never get to the critical steps that I outline in any one of dozens of books.

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.

I love to-do lists.

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

In the morning, I look at my calendar and think about whether things that aren't critical can be moved to the next week.

Every day is sort of a jigsaw puzzle. You have to make sure that you're putting the most important things first.

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.