Dutch Proverb Quotes

No one would choose to be jerked randomly off task again and again until you have half a dozen things you're trying to get done, all at the same time.

Many people feel they must multi-task because everybody else is multitasking, but this is partly because they are all interrupting each other so much.

If you try to multitask in the classic sense of doing two things at once, what you end up doing is quasi-tasking. It's like being with children. You have to give it your full attention for however much time you have, and then you have to give something else your full attention.

Things don’t always get better. Sometimes they get worse. The only way things will get better if people make them better.

Reform is a monstrous way of dealing with problems.

Change comes in various wavelengths. There are changes in the game, changes in the rules of the game, and changes in how the rules are changed

How much reform do you think this institution [Congress] can take?

If the forces behind [education] reform seem scattered and weak those defending the status quo—the unions, the politicians, the bureaucrats, and the vendors—are well organized and well financed…. I am convinced that without a major realignment of political forces, we won’t get the dramatic improvements our children need.

I worry that even those who want to reform are not quite sure how to go about it. There is so much to be done.

I decided this early on at Justice: if the traditional way was the most effective way of doing something, then we'd maintain it. But if it was not functioning at optimum levels, we would be doing the country a disservice by continuing to do things "like we've always done them."

I try to do one thing at a time to utilise my time well.

You try to break it down to weeks at a time otherwise you sort of make yourself crazy spinning out going from one....you just can't get your head around one of them fully. So I'm more task oriented. I like to sort of like focus on one thing for a couple of weeks...and also they're all in different stages of development.

The more you have to do, the more you have only NOW to get it done. That's why busy people get the most done.

From a productivity perspective, prioritization is key. And it's very easy to focus on clearing the decks of minutia, especially when one's very busy. It's almost easy to want to sit down at your desk when you have a free five minutes and try to clear out some of the incoming emails rather than strip things strategically and foundationally and ask about what the most important objectives for you and the company are.

That's the trouble with a politician's life-somebody is always interrupting it with an election.

You do the things that need to be done according to priority.

The key to having more time is doing less, and there are two paths to get there, both of which should be used together: (1) Define a short to-do list and (2) define a not-to-do list.

Email is a wonderful thing for people whose role in life is to be on top of things. But not for me; my role is to be on the bottom of things. What I do takes long hours of studying and uninterruptible concentration.

You need to figure out what the 2 or 3 most important things are, and then just do those.

I keep a journal/day planner, which really helps me stay organized and focused.

America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page of the policies of the past.

I tend to work well within a deadline. If I know I have to get something in three weeks, I tend to A, enjoy myself a little bit more, and B, really work well.

Busyness is not a reason for not getting other things done. It is an excuse for not claiming your true priorities.

I'm the kind of person who likes to focus on one thing at a time. I'll focus on my skiing and then when I get to the bottom of my run and the cameras are on me, I'll focus on what I need to say, and then I'll focus that night on recovering and getting ready for the next day.

Work on one thing at a time until finished.