J. Michael Straczynski Quotes

The biggest way to be productive is if you're procrastinating on another more important project.

Any time we have projects that we haven't begun or completed, they drain energy.

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.

There are people who literally cannot start a project until the deadline is four hours away, even if it's a big one. And those people have a serious problem. My recommendation is set up mini-deadlines. You might say, 'Okay, here's my deadline after three days for this and there's another deadline for that and then a third deadline.'

I adjust my priorities according to the most important project I'm involved in at the time.

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

In short, you can't let the deadline define the mission. The mission has to define the duration.

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.

Part of executive functions is the ability to look to a goal deadline and assess where an organization is in meeting it.

I'm always thinking about future projects and at the same time trying to finish the project you're in the middle off.

Each night before I go to bed, I take out a small card and write a list of the things I need to do the next day in order of their priority.

From a productivity perspective, prioritization is key. And it's very easy to focus on clearing the decks of minutia, especially when one's very busy.

My productivity is overwhelming!

Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager. Cut your major goals into bite-sized pieces. Each small priority or requirement on the way to ultimate goal become a mini goal in itself.

A fixed deadline and a flexible scope are the crucial combination.

In promotional mode, every day is a series of decisions. You can easily fill up your day with checklist stuff.

I love to-do lists.

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

I start every day reviewing priorities, prepping for meetings, and getting updated on key projects.

Focusing on the right priorities can help you do more faster.

An average person who develops the habit of setting clear priorities and getting important tasks completed quickly will run circles around a genius who talks a lot and makes wonderful plans but gets very little done.

Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager.

The first fifteen minutes of your day should be spent planning your day. Set specific goals as to what you will accomplish. These clear goals will give you focal points on which you can govern your actions and provide your with a template you can live your day from.

The Lord had the wonderful advantage of being able to work alone. Answering why he had not implemented organizational reforms after five months when 'God created the universe in seven day

When priorities are in place, one can more patiently tolerate unfinished business.