Kristian Nairn Quotes

One of the best things my mother passed on to me was being an efficient multitasker.

If I was a little bit younger I would worry more. I'd want to do one thing at a time but now I try to do a bunch of different things at a time if I can.

A lot of people have problems thinking of you doing more than one thing. If you do one thing, then you couldn't possibly do another thing well. Of course, we know that's not so.

If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do.

The best person to get something done is a busy person.

I knew I could control one thing, and that is my time and my hours and my effort and my efficiency.

I don't feel I'm a compulsive person. I multitask. I'm really well-organised, and I have lots of people to help me.

My message to the ladies would be, you can do all of the things, but not all of them at the same time.

I have definitely worked on that... being efficient and also being smarter with my pressure.

I am terrible at doing nothing. I'm not brilliant at doing one thing at a time, either. Ideally, I would fill out my tax return while watching a film; peel potatoes while reading the post; send emails in the bath.

I don't consider myself a great multitasker, so I try to do one thing at a time, even though there were opportunities when I was wrestling.

I think humanity can do more than one thing at the same time.

All times are good time for those who know how to work and have the tools to do so.

People always ask me, how do you do everything you do?

If I leave my computer, I'm probably not going to get back for hours. If I take a few minutes to answer questions and go web surfing, then guilt kicks in and I get back to work.

I pack every minute I can with something to do.

Sometimes I feel like just to get all my own work done would be great. You always feel like you're behind, and they're six other things that you wish you could get to but you can't.

My lab and academic work fill my day from about 9 am to 7 p.m. Then I zoom out the lens to work on my other writing.

I try to compartmentalize as much as possible, and I have the most amazing team in the world. They really set up my time in a way that is completely efficient all the time.

A lot of people thought I wasn't doing anything because I was spending a lot of time socialising and going out, but I've always managed to get work actually done.

As Indian women, we are always balancing work, life, home, etc. It's important to know that while juggling rubber balls and glass balls, the former may bounce back when you miss, but the glass balls will crack if you let them fall. So prioritise, prioritise, prioritise.

I'm fundamentally a busy person; I spend my time doing useful things and profoundly useless things!

Every hour of useful work is precious.

I am a great procrastinator. When the writing is going really well, the laundry piles up.

My mother was a pediatrician, and she kept busy hours. I learned from her you could pack a lot into the day. Every minute had to count, and multitasking was a given.