Jodie Foster Quotes

We only have so much energy for our work, for our relationships, for ourselves. A smart person understands this and guards it carefully. Meanwhile, idiots focus on marginal productivity hacks and gains while they leak out energy each passing day.

The first rule of success, and the one that supersedes all others, is to have energy. It is important to know how to concentrate it, how to husband it, how to focus it on important things instead of frittering it away on trivia.

I learned early that you only have so much energy to give. You have to spend it correctly.

And it's given me great perspective. It makes me really focused and efficient, which - I was focused before I had babies but I wasted a lot of time. Prior to having babies I thought I was so busy and now I realize just how ignorant I was.

Delegate - work smarter not harder; do what you do best and drop the rest; get control of your calendar; do what you love because it will give you energy; work with people you like so your energy isn't depleted.

I don’t waste time. I move. I finish things. I don’t try and do things to the nth degree. I know what’s important and what’s not. I’ve really learned that. That’s a judgement I’ve learned, what really matters.

I've only got a fraction of the energy I once had, but I think I probably use it better.

Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.

Be stingy with your time and spend it in spaces that fill you up.

Preserve your energy - do not waste it on mediocre activity.

People who use time wisely spend it on activities that advance their overall purpose in life.

Give yourself permission to get the most out of your life. If you're spending all your time scrubbing corners with a toothbrush, you're kind of missing the point. Taking shortcuts doesn't mean shortcutting the end result.

When I was younger, I could do something useful just by being free for half a day, but now I need five days to get the world I've left out of my head and ten days or a fortnight not talking to anyone to hold what I need to hold inside my head.

The older I get the more I try not to waste my time on negative energy.

The whole business of marshaling one's energies becomes more and more important as one grows older.

Also, I'm always learning better and better how to prioritize and how to leave certain things for the next day.

I need to start honing in on projects that I want to devote my time to and not put my energies into the unattainable ones.

I don't waste my time doing my head in about stupid things that don't really matter and don't waste time worrying over nothing.

Time is kind of an amazing thing because you can do so much with it. I think people underestimate time... I don't want to just sit on my phone for hours.

Every piece of work in the shops moves. Save 10 steps a day for each of the 12,000 employees, and you will have saved 50 miles of wasted motion and misspent energy.

Do one thing at a time. Start the day with a list of things you have to do, and do the most important things first. Even if you don't get the list done, you've gotten the most important things done. So many people spend so much time on things that aren't important.

We must never be too busy to take time to sharpen the saw.

Slowing down doesn't mean accomplishing less; it means cutting out counterproductive distractions and the perception of being rushed.

Self-discipline is a great time-saver; it is the ability to make yourself work on only those things that are most important to you.

Your life is too important to give it to distractions.