Peter Drucker Quotes

I have to always make sure I don't stay in one place and spend too much time one subject. I have my wife tell me [through an earpiece], "Come back! You're taking too long on that subject." I need to be reeled in.

A lot of people don't feel like doing very much. Or one project is really all they can do at one time. I can have five or six things going at the same time. It doesn't bother me or tire me, but sometimes it does rattle me.

Devoting a little of yourself to everything means committing a great deal of yourself to nothing.

He that pursues two hares at once, does not catch one and lets the other go.

There is great power in focusing on what you want..... The person who tries to do everything accomplishes nothing. Most people try to be all things to everyone. And so they end up being nothing to anyone. Confucius nailed the point: "Person who chases two rabbits catches neither."

The bane of Americans is overwork-and the ruin of any work is a divided interest. Concentrate-concentrate. One thing at a time.

If people would reflect that one can only do one thing at a time and therefore there is never more than one thing to do at a time, there would be less fatigue in the world.

You have to be able to do a bunch of things at once, and not think about things you're not doing while you're doing other things. You have to be disciplined about not trying to do everything, all at the same time. It's hard and fun.

Person who chases two rabbits catches neither.

Don't think to hunt two hares with one dog.

Each thing I do, I rush through, so I can do something else.

You can't work on 15 problems at the same time.

To be honest, I don't enjoy watching movies much when I'm working. They tend to fall apart on me a bit.

To do two things at once is to do neither.

There are different usage patterns - I never do email during the day. I don't multitask well at all. I don't know how to be in a meeting and participate and be on email at the same time. I do see some people do it more effectively. I've never quite figured that out.

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

You don't have to get things done all the time to be productive.

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.

I can multitask very well. But I know exactly when to block off anything coming in from the outside and just stay focused on the film.

The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish good results while the strongest, by dispersing his effort over many chores, may fail to accomplish anything.

It's incredibly easy to get caught up in an activity trap, in the busy-ness of life, to work harder and harder at climbing the ladder of success only to discover it's leaning against the wrong wall. It is possible to be busy - very busy - without being very effective.

I don't have time for any nonsense.

Sometimes when you involve yourself in so many things, you can't do any of them well - and I like to do everything perfectly.

Don't confuse activity with productivity. Many people are simply busy being busy.

If I think of something, half-way into it, I can throw it in there and it won't be so far down the line that it would be insignificant. However, I also like to completely focus on something for a certain period of time, and then be able to move on to something else.