Charles Ray Quotes

We like to bully deadlines. Pick on them; make fun of them; even spit on them sometimes. But what a terrible thing to do. Deadlines are actually our best friends.

I like to space out my work.

People with good work habits have to-do lists that are reasonably prioritized, and they make themselves do what needs to be done. By contrast, people with poor work habits almost randomly react to the stuff that comes at them, or they can't bring themselves to do the things they need to do but don't like to do (or are unable to do).

I don't like to leave anything unfinished on my desk before I travel.

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.

I swing between procrastination and being really thorough so either way things aren't getting done quickly.

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

Do not plan for ventures before finishing what's at hand.

Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its wrist to show how long it takes to do it.

Everyone has their own approach to how they work.

The problem is I am both a procrastinator and a power junkie, so I am very frustrating to work with.

The way we measure productivity is flawed. People checking their BlackBerry over dinner is not the measure of productivity.

If you look up every last detail on your subject, you'll never finish.

Measure not dispatch by the times of sitting, but by the advancement of business.

I'm not disciplined at all. I barely function. But I get a lot done. I take days off all the time, but when I work, I work very fast and very efficiently. But I'm always having days when I'm feeling a little anxious, and I take a day off. I work in a funny way.

I take breaks now and then. But when I work, I get things done at a fast pace.

I never talk about work in progress because once I talk about it I don't do it anymore.

I'm not the kind of person who works 24 hours a day, mostly out of laziness; I don't know.

I'm not a particularly disciplined person in terms of my work habits.

You have to work how you work.

I tend to have a hard time working on pieces long before they're due. That's why I think the fact that I write a column is really good for me - the column has to be done, and there's no getting around it.

I don't procrastinate because I love the English language and the process of storytelling, and I'm always curious to see what will come to me next. If you procrastinate a lot, you might be one who loves having written, but doesn't so much like writing.

He who commences many things finishes but few.

Don't fool yourself that important things can be put off till tomorrow; they can be put off forever, or not at all

I always prefer to work intensively on something and then move on to something else. I prefer not to get stuck in something that takes five or six years of my life.