Justine Larbalestier Quotes

My schedule is always tight. But I like to have the pressure of having to finish doing something; it gives me an added edge.

I've learned to relax more. Everybody feels pressure in what they do, maybe mine is just a little different because there doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day to accomplish what I want to.

A 'harmonized' life these days sounds like a tall order. Between housework, homework, workwork, and busywork, there are perpetually too many things to do, and not enough time to find that mythical balance. Nothing is more frustrating than feeling like you're doing doing doing but getting nothing truly done that you really want.

Procrastination is probably my worst habit out of many. Especially when it comes to paperwork.

Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.

My productivity is overwhelming!

I am a workaholic, and I sometimes wish that there were 48 hours in a day. But I know how to manipulate my time beneficially.

A lot of people don't feel like doing very much. Or one project is really all they can do at one time. I can have five or six things going at the same time. It doesn't bother me or tire me, but sometimes it does rattle me.

Absolutely not. I'm an expert in procrastination, but the last thing I want you to think is that I'm incompetent, too. Because I'm actually pretty good at what I do." -Jo

You have to keep busy. After all, no dog's ever pissed on a moving car.

The distracting feeling of disbelief when you're finally doing something you've procrastinated on for notable amounts of time.

There is no shortage of time. In fact, we are positively awash with it. We only make good use of 20 per cent of our time.... The 80/20 principle says that if we doubled our time on the top 20% of activities, we could work a two-day week and achieve 60 per cent more than now.

The real key is time management and being able to focus on what you need to, on using every available minute to accomplish something that needs to be done.

Procrastination is the thief of time; year after year it steals, till all are fled, and to the mercies of a moment leaves the vast concerns of an eternal state. At thirty, man suspects himself a fool; knows it at forty, and reforms his plan; at fifty chides his infamous delay, pushes his prudent purpose to resolve; in all the magnanimity of thought, resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same.

One could do with a longer year - so much to do, so little done, alas.

I work like a bee and feel that I accomplish little.

Stop putting it off! Procrastination breeds guilt, guilt breeds depression, and depression breeds failure.

The best cure for procrastination is to have so much on your plate that procrastination is no longer an option.

Are you aware that rushing toward a goal is a sublimated death wish? It's no coincidence we call them 'deadlines.'

What has not wasting time impaired?

The key to getting work done on time is to stop wearing a watch.

The hardest thing is to go to sleep at night, when there are so many urgent things needing to be done. A huge gap exists between what we know is possible with today's machines and what we have so far been able to finish.

Time management is an oxymoron. Time is beyond our control, and the clock keeps ticking regardless of how we lead our lives. Priority management is the answer to maximizing the time we have.

Leaders understand that the real fight is the fight against time. There's so much to achieve in such less time.

The thing that would most improve my life is 27 hours in a day. I could meet all my deadlines.