T. Boone Pickens Quotes

Work eight hours and sleep eight hours and make sure that they are not the same hours.

Somebody said the key to life is to work hard, play hard, rest hard, and I've pretty much adopted that.

While I am on, I can discipline myself to that extent. When I am off, I can't discipline myself at all. On the other hand, when I am off, there are so many things I like doing, it doesn't really matter.

I'm at the gym at 6, so I'm usually in my office by 7:15. And I try to not schedule a lot of meetings before 8. So I've got that first hour to get myself organized for the day and to make sure that I've structured what I want to do.

I've realized, you know, having turned 40, that rest is just as important as work. In fact, it's equally as important.

I usually sit down at 8 A.M. and work through to 7 P.M., with breaks that total no more than an hour and a half.

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 get a lot done considering I spend half my day sleeping.

You need to take care of your time and practice, you need to rest and talk to media. So it's really important to organize those things.

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.

Now my complaint is there are only 18 hours to work in a day.

Moderation is the key so I work certain amount of time and then I take a certain amount of time off.

You can have anything you want, but not everything. If it was really important to spend an afternoon at my daughter's school, I had to think, how was I going to organize my life to do that? How could I become more efficient? I always tried to put my priorities on the table, personal and professional, and work around them.

Obviously, your family life is the priority, but there's still other stuff you have to get done in a day. I think the way I make it work is by taking care of myself, and that includes fitness and eating right and all those things, but also by being very organized and punctual.

Am I a workaholic? Yes, but I also have no problem taking time for myself.

I used to start at about 10 at night and work until early morning. My preferred way to work is to start in the early afternoon and work until about 3, go do errands, have dinner, and then write for a few more hours in the evening.

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

My problem is always the number of hours in a day, not the number of things I want to do.

We live very busy lives. But everyone has a spare minute.

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.

My dad gave me this advice: 'Make what you want to do for the rest of your life the first thing you do in the day and then worry about hanging out with friends.'

Time management is surely the most critical aspect of acing multiple arenas: home, work, and family.

There will always be another email to get through; something to clean up, file, and organize; more errands to do. Which is why balance is so important. Life is a marathon, not a sprint.

I fit a lot into my days.

I plan my time to a 'T.' I plan when I am going to sleep; I plan when I am going to relax. I obviously leave time to have spontaneous life experiences - I think that's really important. But so much of it is setting up you mental energy in the right way to get the most out of your day and time.