Tom Ford Quotes

I discovered that the best thing for me was to be very busy all the time. I can get a lot done, and I can do those tasks well.

Have a time and place for everything, and do everything in its time and place, and you will not only accomplish more, but have far more leisure than those who are always hurrying.

I balance it all by being extremely organized, and I am a very efficient delegator.

I mean time management is a big factor in my life. I'm a very organized person. You can only do one thing at a time, so that's the main way I do everything. When I'm with my kids, I'm with my kids. When I'm directing a movie, I'm directing a movie. When I'm making Magic Mike, I'm making Magic Mike. So you just really have to fragment and focus.

Play more than one game at a time. This is a painless way to learn how to do many things at once.

I like to work on a number of things simultaneously. If you're working on a variety of projects and if you get stuck on one of them, you can move to another without grinding your gears indefinitely.

I try to compartmentalize as much as possible, and I have the most amazing team in the world. They really set up my time in a way that is completely efficient all the time.

One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.

Also, I'm always learning better and better how to prioritize and how to leave certain things for the next day.

To do two things at once is to do neither.

I'm very Type A; I like to get my list done.

I'll always be working on five things at once, usually with those documents open at the same time because if I get stuck somewhere I'll jump over to something else. That's how my head has always worked.

I am a great procrastinator. When the writing is going really well, the laundry piles up.

Time management is really key for me.

I've always been really good at staying busy. Even while I'm working, I'm looking at what the next thing is.

I'm quite good at multitasking, but I have to do things immediately.

The secret to multitasking is that it isn't actually multitasking. It's just extreme focus and organization.

I'm trying to keep my days very efficient, and I keep my set really tight. Every single corner is active, and everybody gets to thrive in the job that they do. I don't waste people's time.

I try to list the top three things to get done every day, and I'll be lucky if I hit all three, but it's amazing what that does to keep you on track.

I'm usually working on several things at once. If I get bored with one, I can go on to another. That way, I never get stuck.

And I think that, given the opportunity, somebody could really learn a lot just being around me and the girls because it's really nonstop, 24/7 brainstorming and creativity and just trying to get organized and really pack a lot into a day - being there nonstop with all engines blazing.

There is time enough for everything, in the course of the day, if you do but one thing at once; but there is not time enough in the year, if you will do two things at a time.

Even though we think we're getting a lot done, ironically, multitasking makes us demonstrably less efficient.

Time management is really important.

Focusing on the right priorities can help you do more faster.