Twyla Tharp Quotes

Stay focused, ignore the distractions, and you will accomplish your goals much faster.

I like the cold weather. It means you get work done.

The more focused you are, the more powerful you will be in the long run.

How can you expect someone to get a good day's work if they are interrupted all day?

People who can focus, get things done. People who can prioritize, get the right things done.

Concentrate on something useful. Having decided to achieve a task, achieve it at all costs.

No matter what your work today, if it is worth while at all - time to plan it out, time to do it well, and time to finish it, is your day's greatest gift and your greatest job.

I'm in lockdown mode as far as what I want to accomplish. I don't let anything else get in my way.

If you give yourself to your task at once, you won't have to do it twice.

Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.

You can have fun, but when it is time to work, work hard and be focused.

The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.

I can handle a lot of work. I've always been able to. I'm a very focused individual. I come to my studio at about 7:30 in the morning and exit almost 5:00 P.M. In that time, those eight or nine hours, it's kind of laser focus on whatever I'm working on. There aren't really any distractions or anything.

I have a deadline. I'm glad. I think that will help me get it done.

Isn't it amazing how much stuff we get done the day before vacation?

I'm happiest when I have something to focus my energy on.

I'm always focused.

Talent without discipline is like an octopus on roller skates. There's plenty of movement, but you never know if it's going to be forward, backwards, or sideways.

My greatest asset now is my focus.

When I'm working, I'm not so much disciplined as obsessive. I have this feeling that I need to clear everything away and get this down.

Now, when it's time to get down to business, I get down to business.

If you are having fun on the set, you are not getting things done.

At first I probably seem very abrupt, but I like efficiency. There's work and there's play, and I always think: 'Let's get the work over with so we can thoroughly enjoy the play.'

The enjoyment of work - to the extent that you have any - is likely highest in the first hours of the day when you are fresh, not tired, working on the most important things.

The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.