Gwyneth Paltrow Quotes

Stay focused and don't try to do too many things at once. Care about execution quality.

Cecil's dispatch of business was extraordinary, his maxim being, "The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once."

If there is any one secret of effectiveness, it is concentration. Effective executives do first things first and they do one thing at a time.

Work on one thing at a time until finished.

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.

I have a crazy amount of different jobs, so the way I manage that is to not do more than one at a time. It's like old computers that had small memory chips, they would do something called swapping, where they would fill the memory with one task, do it and get it out.

You can do only one thing at a time. I simply tackle one problem and concentrate all efforts on what I am doing at the moment.

If people would reflect that one can only do one thing at a time and therefore there is never more than one thing to do at a time, there would be less fatigue in the world.

You have to be able to do a bunch of things at once, and not think about things you're not doing while you're doing other things. You have to be disciplined about not trying to do everything, all at the same time. It's hard and fun.

People who can focus, get things done. People who can prioritize, get the right things done.

Don't think to hunt two hares with one dog.

I can do only one thing at a time, but I can avoid doing many things simultaneously.

The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.

I just think there are enough hours in the day. If you just focus and dedicate yourself and approach each task as it presents itself, you can accomplish a lot.

I'm quite good at multitasking, but I have to do things immediately.

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

From a productivity perspective, prioritization is key. And it's very easy to focus on clearing the decks of minutia, especially when one's very busy.

There is time enough for everything, in the course of the day, if you do but one thing at once; but there is not time enough in the year, if you will do two things at a time.

I have found that if I spend the first hour of my day at home, I get more done, and less people steal my time.

Focusing on the right priorities can help you do more faster.

There just isn't enough time for everything on our 'to do' list - and there never will be. Successful people don't try to do everything. They learn to focus on the most important tasks and make sure they get done.

Perhaps the very best question that you can memorize and repeat, over and over, is, 'what is the most valuable use of my time right now?'

Never confuse activity with productivity.

You have to ruthlessly prioritize.

Nothing happens without focus. Don't try to do everything at once. Take it one step at a time.