Julia Hartz Quotes

We need to execute fewer things better.

In devoting more time and attention to fewer commitments, we can have a bigger impact on the things that matter most.

Concentrate on the essentials. We will then be accomplishing the greatest possible results with the effort expended.

Believe it or not, it is not only possible to accomplish more by doing less, it is mandatory. Enter the world of elimination.

Through your life, most people peel away the junk that's not useful, that's superfluous. You are determined to peel that away. I do one thing at a time. One man at a time. One car. One house. One child. One job.

I have learned to pare down what I do and still be effective and strong in a role.

I don't put the focus on things that don't matter.

I sometimes think less is more. If you cut yourself in too many places, it is hard to execute.

Most people in business and within their personal lives move towards complexity. More To Dos. More projects. More products. More meetings. More possessions. More goals. The best - I suggest to you - move in the opposite direction.

If you just focus on producing good outcomes, all that other stuff sorts itself out.

I learned the value of focus. I learned it is better to do one product well than two products in a mediocre way.

A simple life is not seeing how little we can get by with-that's poverty-but how efficiently we can put first things first. . . . When you're clear about your purpose and your priorities, you can painlessly discard whatever does not support these, whether it's clutter in your cabinets or commitments on your calendar. (148)

Efficiency for me is an obsession..It not only helps me get stronger but makes things simpler.

Simplifying our lives does not mean sinking into idleness, but on the contrary, getting rid of the most subtle aspect of laziness: the one which makes us take on thousands of less important activities.

There are many things I can do, but I have to narrow it down to the one thing I must do. The secret of concentration is elimination.

Focusing is about saying No.

Take the complications, rules, shoulds, musts, have tos, and so on out of your life. By uncomplicating your life and removing the trivial pursuits that occupy so much of it, you open a channel for the genius within you to emerge.

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

I just want to focus on one thing at a time.

I can't focus when there's too many things around. Whenever I used to go to the office, I used to always say, 'Tidy up.'

And it comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don't get on the wrong track or try to do too much. We're always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that are really important.

I'm a person of whim, and easily distracted. I don't like multitasking. When I'm doing one thing, I like to do just that thing.

You can only do so many things great, and you should cast aside everything else.

What's really important is to simplify. The work of most photographers would be improved immensely if they could do one thing: get rid of the extraneous. If you strive for simplicity, you are more likely to reach the viewer.

To help you focus, to help you really understand what you're doing, you have to say no a lot. When you say yes to everything, you get distracted. When you say no, you have to get the one thing you're doing really right.