Caitlin Kittredge Quotes

I spend a lot of time preparing. I think a lot about what I want to do. I have prep books, little notebooks in which I write everything down before a sitting. Otherwise I would forget my ideas.

If you expect to grow your business, you need to be plotting out your schedules days in advance. Until you get that most basic of steps orchestrated, you can never get to the critical steps that I outline in any one of dozens of books.

I've got loads of ideas swimming round, and I've even organised them in a nice folder on me computer.

I always like to plan ahead of time and follow up.

In the organization of any major sporting event or the planning of a building, long-term thinking is key.

Time management is a big part of the director's job.

I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances.

Anything you can do to stay organized and free up the creative side of your brain is a good thing.

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.

It's always been my formula to get the next picture set up before anyone's seen the last one.

I don't think that scheduling is uncreative. I think that structure is required for creativity.

In all planing you make a list and you set priorities.

I have ideas written down some places, but usually I can't find them. I'm not very organized.

I'm a great believer in outlines.

Leadership is inspiring people. Management is keeping the trains running on time.

Getting all the things down game-management wise, that's what I want to excel at.

My garage/office is strewn with Post-its, cards, folders, notebooks, yoga mats and multicoloured pens, all purchased in a quest to unlock a magic way of working that will ensure my ascension to next-level creativity.

Probably the biggest problem I had was I didn't understand the importance of scheduling.

Plan. Yes. Good idea. I should come up with a plan.

I have this massive notebook called IDEAS and another one called PERSONAL IDEAS and another one called CRAZY IDEAS.

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.

I learned how to order my thoughts, and most important, learned how to develop a plan. I discovered the power of a plan. If you can plan it out, and it seems logical to you, you can do it. And that was the secret to success.

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.

I'm obsessed with making lists.

This is the key to time management - to see the value of every moment.