Mo Rocca Quotes

Too many people start their day like a five-alarm fire. Instead, I teach people to start their day a little earlier than they usually do, and urge them to take the time to prepare, to practise, so when you get to work, it's show time and you're at your best.

I'm at the gym at 6, so I'm usually in my office by 7:15. And I try to not schedule a lot of meetings before 8. So I've got that first hour to get myself organized for the day and to make sure that I've structured what I want to do.

There's enough time in the day: If you go to bed at 10 and start your day at 6, there's a lot you can do in a day!

Every morning I tell myself, 'Today has to be productive' - and then something happens that prevents me from writing.

I'm the worst night owl, because I'm a self-loathing night owl who thinks, 'No, I should be getting up early.' It feels unproductive. I must get over that.

He that rises late must trot all day.

I have too many friends who tell me that they spend the first hour of every morning going through their e-mail messages. I'd like to use my time more carefully.

A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.

I wake up at 5 a.m. every day and go to bed early.

I have to get a workout in in the morning. Once my day starts, I'll have the best intentions, and it still won't happen: one of the kids needs to be picked up somewhere, I have to hop on a conference call, or I'm just tired. So I get it done in the A.M.

You get much more done if you go to bed early and get up early.

I'm usually up at 6 A.M., even on the weekend.

I like to get up and get out. Otherwise you end up kicking about, and it's easy to flick the telly on; then before you know it, it is 11 A.M. and you haven't done anything.

I'm a Virgo and I'm really good at scheduling. And I really make it work. I get up 6.30 every day.

I like to start the day early, it keeps me out of trouble.

Over the last four years, I've made a habit of coming into my office in the morning and just getting to work.

Are you the person who just wakes up, puts your T-shirt on and runs out of the house? Or do you wake up an hour early - get your mental notes together, fix you a little coffee... prepare yourself for the day and try to do something really great? It begins with you.

I don't go to bed at 1 A.M. and wake up at 5 A.M. and say, 'Let's see if I can get this done today.'

My daily routine would include waking up very early, usually around 6:00 A.M., going for a workout or hike, and getting on with my day. I always just try to keep every day as productive as possible.

I wake up each morning and make my schedule, and when I do, I plan the work around when I'll be able to handle it best.

The earlier I wake up, the better my day, so I try to get out of bed between 5 A.M. and 7 A.M.

When I first have an idea, I'll spit-ball it with my husband: he's my beautiful ideas sounding board. I usually have a year deadline from start to finish, so I'll piss about for three months and pretend to get started. Then there's four to six months of actual writing and, after that, submissions, edits, and eventually a finished product.

Procrastinating is a vice when it comes to productivity, but it can be a virtue for creativity.

I wish I was a morning person.

Procrastinating is a habit that I have to overcome.