Seth Godin Quotes

I keep a notebook of the things I need to get done in a day, week, month along with my overarching goals. Whenever I have a couple moments on set or on a plane, I work on ticking off my to-do list.

Don't worry if you don't complete everything on the schedule. At least you will have completed the most important projects before getting to the less important ones.

Each night before I go to bed, I take out a small card and write a list of the things I need to do the next day in order of their priority.

I love to-do lists.

Don't agonize, organize.

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 like to plan ahead of time and follow up.

Plan your work and work your plan.

Remember, America: organization will set you free.

Don't start the day until you have it finished. Don't start the week until you have it finished. Don't start the month until you have it finished. Plan your day.

If you don't plan your time, someone else will help you waste it.

I have a hard time with scheduling, and with hunkering down and planning. That's always been a struggle for me.

Don't start your day until you have it finished on paper first.

I keep a journal/day planner, which really helps me stay organized and focused.

Now that things are so simple, there's so much to do.

I have always lived my life by making lists: lists of people to call, lists of ideas, lists of companies to set up, lists of people who can make things happen. Each day I work through these lists, and that sequence of calls propels me forward.

Dreaming about a thing in order to do it properly is right; but dreaming about it when we should be doing it is wrong.

I usually make to-do lists with timelines, and pen and paper does the trick for me.

The young man who addresses himself in stern earnest to organizing his life-his habits, his associations, his reading, his study, his work-stands far more chance of rising to a position affording him opportunity to exercise his organizing abilities than the fellow who dawdles along without chart or compass, without plan or purpose, without self-improvement and self-discipline.

On Sundays, I like to plan how I want to exit the week and what are the key things I need to get done that week. I list them, and then I do check-ins on them each morning.

I carry a notebook with me everywhere. But that's only the first step.

Boundary setting is really a huge part of time management.

Delay is the enemy of progress.

I'm really not one of these procrastinators who cleans the house in order to put off writing, but life gets in the way.

The night before, go over your schedule and see what you're going to do and what the purpose of what you're doing is. I advocate having a two-column schedule. On the left, put down all your appointments and phone calls. On the right, put down what the purpose is.