Tina Fey Quotes

If you want to be more productive, then start at the start: get there on time. Whether it is a meeting, a flight, an appointment or a date, it's important to ensure you are there when you say you will be there. This may feel like an old-fashioned tip to give, but it has served me well for five decades in business.

Punctuality is the soul of business.

The military taught me the importance of getting something done in a timely manner and the importance of completing a mission on time. My lieutenant would say, 'If you don't, you die.' In many ways, life is the same. If you don't pay attention to a timeline, you lose out on the ability to accomplish the task at hand.

Execution Excellence! (Show up on time! Leave last!)

Deadlines aren't bad. They help you organize your time. They help you set priorities. They make you get going when you might not feel like it.

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.

I do not keep people waiting. I will always be on time.

I take care of business.

My rule always was to do the business of the day in the day.

Punctuality is for people with nothing better to do

I am as prompt as a clock, if I only know the day a thing is wanted—otherwise I am a natural procrastinaturalist.

Method is the very hinge of business, and there is no method without punctuality.

I don't want an opportunity to go missing because of my lack of organization.

I'm terrible with my workout regime and following it strictly. I'm terrible with a healthy diet and following it strictly. I'm terrible on the weekends about getting up at reasonable hours and all of those things. But, when it comes to my work and the discipline it takes to get to work on time - I hate unprofessionalism.

I've worked my whole life and never missed a deadline.

I would say if you are going to party, show up on time to work.

You can't be a practicing attorney without being very disciplined and detail-oriented and having good time management.

I have a great many shortcomings, but writing for something on time has never bothered me.

I demand excellence from the people I work with.

Successful people understand the value of time. Once they commit to doing something, they would never cancel.

I demand a lot from myself and reflect this attitude upon others: I consider it to be an important quality for a leader. I also think it is impossible to achieve success without persistence.

I'm the kind of person who always has to be on time and I'm incredibly professional.

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

Snoop Dog is the Phil Jackson of youth football coaches. He ain't going to accept nothing but a winner.

Also, I need deadlines, just like everybody else, especially coming from magazines, newspapers, and stuff like that. I need daily or weekly deadlines to get stuff done, or I continue to do things and not go off on a year of unproductivity.