Stewart Rahr Quotes

I have my whole life organized on an 11x17-inch tear-away weekly calendar.

I'm a planner, an organizer. I write things down because you can visually check them off and see progress. Writing things down is a lost art. I've got sticky notes all over my apartment.

I'm obsessed with making lists.

I always make lists of things I need to get done. I like the sense of having completed one thing so I can move on to the next.

I love to-do lists.

I am methodical about my email inbox, and I always have a physical to-do list. Without those two things, I think I'd lose my mind.

No, my entire life is planned. It's called time management.

Write down the most important things you have to do tomorrow.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

I'm a big believer in to-do lists. I think of five things in the shower. I set goals and get my work done, but I have to plan for fun things, too. I'm always thinking about what will make my family happier. So I set up playdates and trips.

I keep lists of names of people that I have met, a list of things to do day by day as well as a log of how my time is consumed throughout the day. It's a very important part of my personal discipline.

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

I have everything in my house organized to an unnecessary T, and I love it! The only downside: I have no excuses for losing my to-do lists.

I write everything down. I e-mail the second I think of something, or I write notes in my BlackBerry calendar. I set up reminder alerts on my phone. And I have a notebook by my bedside so I can write down any last-minute ideas.

If you're like me, I get hooked into to-do lists, you know. I'll say I checked that off. Okay, I did that. And you have all these things you're doing.

Plan your work for today and every day, then work your plan.

Time management is really key for me.

I plan my life in 15-minute sections.

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.

I just know keeping track of what I'm doing and where I'm going is important to me.

The secret to multitasking is that it isn't actually multitasking. It's just extreme focus and organization.

I try to list the top three things to get done every day, and I'll be lucky if I hit all three, but it's amazing what that does to keep you on track.

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.

Honest to God, for me, I've never been a guy to stack projects. A lot of these other guys, they like to do this and then line up what they're doing next and line up what they're doing next. I just can't do it.

When I come into the office, the first thing I do is I plan out what I want to accomplish that day. I write it down in my notebook and make sure I accomplish it before I leave that day.