Mike McCarthy Quotes

I'm terrible with my workout regime and following it strictly. I'm terrible with a healthy diet and following it strictly. I'm terrible on the weekends about getting up at reasonable hours and all of those things. But, when it comes to my work and the discipline it takes to get to work on time - I hate unprofessionalism.

I get up at 4:30 in the morning, seven days a week, no matter where I am in the world.

You really need to have that discipline. It's not even discipline. I just put down these rules. It's not like a vague, 'Motivate yourself!' and do something. It's specific hours set aside every day for certain things.

I just tell myself I gotta get up at 8 A.M. I don't even use an alarm clock.

I keep telling people that the secret of their success is discovered in their daily agenda. What they do daily is going to determine their success.

On a regular basis if you're trying to produce something, I think you should work every day and set achievable goals.

If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.

The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.

I get up at the same time every morning.

I like to get up and get out. Otherwise you end up kicking about, and it's easy to flick the telly on; then before you know it, it is 11 A.M. and you haven't done anything.

I'm a Virgo and I'm really good at scheduling. And I really make it work. I get up 6.30 every day.

The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.

I like to work and it kind of keeps me in line, which is very good because I need that structure.

If I waited to be inspired to go to the gym, I'd never get there. I schedule my exercise time; I schedule my work time. This is especially important if you have a day job as I did while writing my first seven novels.

I cannot emphasize this enough: you must have a morning routine! The way you begin your day is crucial to the rest of your day. So if you begin it by pressing snooze 15 times, chances are you're going to be running behind all day long.

I love a daily deadline.

Whether it is my shooting or going to bed on time. There are so many things you can do to be consistent.

Goal setting should be part of your daily and weekly routines and should not be based on a calendar year or month.

I would work until I got stuck, and I would put it down and pick up something else. I might be able to take a 20-minute nap and get to work again. That way, I was able to work about 10 hours a day... It was important to me to work every day. I managed to work on Christmas day, just to be able to say I worked 365 days a year.

I get up every morning the same as everyone else, and scratch my head and just get on with the job. Whatever that job may be.

Habits eat good intentions for breakfast.

Getting up early is one of the gifts I give myself.

Getting organized in the normal routines of life and finishing little projects you've started is an important first step toward realizing larger goals. If you can't get a handle on the small things, how will you ever get it together to focus on the big things?

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.

Having deadlines helps because people are constantly breathing down my neck, and tapping their toes waiting for pages. So I just have to work nine to five. If I didn't have deadlines then I might be more of a golden hour kind of guy, writing from eight to noon and calling it a day, but that's just not the way I work right now.