John Oates Quotes

If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it.

When you tell other people to do stuff they don't know how to do, they tend to freak out.

Do it, delegate it, delay it, or dump it.

Creative people tend to pass the responsibility for getting down to brass tacks to others.

At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.

If you don't think about or deal with an issue, it gets bigger.

One of the great advantages that I had in my career is I started trading 24 hours a day in my early 20s, and I had to learn to delegate to people.

Directing? It's an appealing thought, but as far as I can tell, it's a lot of work. Producing is easier. You can tell someone else what to do and then go home.

I don't look at social media, I have some people who look after it so whenever I want to post anything I send it to those guys so I don't have to look at the apps.

If I have to run, I'll do it, but I'd rather just sit back and pass it.

The rest-seeking procrastinators would generally rather not exert themselves at all, while the fun-task procrastinators enjoy being busy and active all the time but have a hard time starting things that are not so amusing.

Procrastination comes in two types. Some of us procrastinate in order to pursue restful activities - spending time in bed, watching TV - while others delay difficult or unpleasant tasks in favor of those that are more fun.

Your instinct when someone is busy is to give them the least amount of work so that they can do it.

Procrastination is not the problem. It is the solution. Procrastinate now, don’t put it off.

A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.

Control your time. If you're working off your in-box, you're working off the priorities of others. Be sure the staff is working on what you move to them from the President, or the President will be reacting, not leading.

Put it off for a bit. All life is putting off. Well, not entirely.

Putting off a hard thing makes it impossible.

Somebody else does the rigor and then I listen. I have an assistant, and my manager, and other people who hunt and find and send it to me, and then I just figure out which ones I can do justice to.

Depression will always follow any decision to avoid a priority.

Most people put off till tomorrow that which they should have done yesterday.

Once you've got a task to do, it's better to do it than live with the fear of it.

If you want to get something done, give it to a busy man.

It seemed better to delay thinking.

What I need is a search engine that, no matter what I type in, comes back with GO BACK TO WORK.