Barack Obama Quotes

My filing system's really crap because I can never decide whether to sort things by studio, or year, or where I lived.

People, especially successful people, are habitual creatures. They're organized. This makes them productive - Gus Mitchell

There is a method to the madness when it comes to placing everything in your refrigerator.

Order is the first law of heaven, and you have to have order to survive on Earth. Figure out what has to be done each day, each week, each year and develop a system to achieve it.

Productivity doesn't have to be complicated. It can be easily boosted through a manageable combination of the right tools, resources, and habits to make the most of your time.

People have different styles: Some are filers and some are pilers. The people who pile things often know exactly where things are, and they're often just as organized as the people who file things.

I call myself an addicted organizer.

Tidiness ... makes life easier and more agreeable, does harm to no one and actually saves time and trouble to the person who practices it: there must be an ominous flaw to explain why millions of generations continue to reject it.

You just go through a certain kind of drudgery every time you have to look for something. I've got certain things grouped by now, but there's a drudgery in finding them. There's always stuff missing.

There've been times it's been just impossible to find a negative or whatever. But I'm basically just a one man operation, and so things get messed up. I don't have a filing system that's worth very much.

If you get into the habit of being quick it is just as easy as being slow.

Plan your work - work your plan. Lack of system produces that 'I'm swamped' feeling.

Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.

It's strange, people have asked me what my schedule is and what is my process like, and I can't even answer it.

To-Do lists help us break life into small steps.

Now that things are so simple, there's so much to do.

I spend a lot of time alone so I get a lot done. I don't do much else but work, check things out.

I have always lived my life by making lists: lists of people to call, lists of ideas, lists of companies to set up, lists of people who can make things happen. Each day I work through these lists, and that sequence of calls propels me forward.

Work on one thing at a time until finished.

Our days are like identical suitcases. Even though they are all the same size, some people are able to pack more into them then others. The reason? They know what to pack.

I have to work hard and organize myself so that I'm present and not a slacker.

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.

Time management requires self-discipline, self-mastery and self-control more than anything else.

I'm the ultimate organizer! My major at Stanford was "Organizational Behavior" so I love to multi-task and stay extra busy.

Be a gold-medal multitasker. You should be able to discuss the new Ludacris video while correcting the merchandising spreadsheets, picking the right shade of snakeskin for next season's mini-purses and catching the dog at the same time!