Adam Savage Quotes

I'm an internet junkie. There, I said it. That's the first step, right? I also have a thing for making lists. Oh man, nothing beats turning to a fresh, clean page in a notebook, taking out a nice pen, and starting a list. There's so much potential there. So much to do, so little time! So hey, why not spend some of that time making a list.

Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.

I'm obsessed with making lists.

Dream small dreams. If you make them too big, you get overwhelmed and you don't do anything. If you make small goals and accomplish them, it gives you the confidence to go on to higher goals.

Don't let the fear of the time it will take to accomplish something stand in the way of your doing it. The time will pass anyway; we might just as well put that passing time to the best possible use.

Honest to God, for me, I've never been a guy to stack projects. A lot of these other guys, they like to do this and then line up what they're doing next and line up what they're doing next. I just can't do it.

I always make lists of things I need to get done. I like the sense of having completed one thing so I can move on to the next.

I read somewhere that people who make lists are more likely to achieve their ambitions.

I love to-do lists.

Every day you don't do something, it makes it less likely that you will ever do something. So you've got to get started right away.

If you haven't done something yet, and you want to do it, start now!

Breaking tasks down into smaller sub-tasks can be very useful.

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 have at least one goal that I work toward each day. It's all about taking hold of the day rather than letting the day run you.

I plan my time to a 'T.' I plan when I am going to sleep; I plan when I am going to relax. I obviously leave time to have spontaneous life experiences - I think that's really important. But so much of it is setting up you mental energy in the right way to get the most out of your day and time.

I am methodical about my email inbox, and I always have a physical to-do list. Without those two things, I think I'd lose my mind.

You're actually making the rest of your day productive by spending 30 minutes reviewing your to-do's, prioritizing them, and ruthlessly removing things that shouldn't be there.

Apart from work, whatever pending things I have to do, I do it in Murshidabad.

I like order, structure, and accomplishing goals.

If you want to get anything done, you have to start somewhere.

Procrastinating is a habit that I have to overcome.

As a woman I think we are capable of doing so many things. There is great ability to compartmentalise - to focus on the task at hand, do it well and then move on to the next one, while having another million things going on.

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

When people look at all the things I do, they say it's overwhelming, but I don't feel overwhelmed. I get it done. I'm very organized, and it's all tied together.

I am always able to keep a laser focus on one thing at a time without getting distracted. It helps that I try to break everything I do into small, achievable tasks.