David Viscott Quotes

Lists today are a way of trying to get through the day, because we are losing a sense of time.

I plan my life in 15-minute sections.

With my responsibilities comes having to manage my time more efficiently.

One of my favorite programs that we didn't make is Rescue Time. It runs in the corner of my computer and tracks how much time I spend on different things. I realized that even though I was doing e-mail only a couple of minutes at a time, it was adding up to a couple of hours a day. So I'm trying to reduce that.

The real key is time management and being able to focus on what you need to, on using every available minute to accomplish something that needs to be done.

Avoiding the phrase 'I don't have time...', will soon help you to realize that you do have the time needed for just about anything you choose to accomplish in life.

If you're like me, I get hooked into to-do lists, you know. I'll say I checked that off. Okay, I did that. And you have all these things you're doing.

As a young boy, I read 'Cheaper by the Dozen' and immediately became neurotic about my use of time. It taxed me severely, but only for the next 50 years. But I think it also allowed me to discipline myself to sit in the chair and be a writer, where one of the most needed qualities is patience.

The more business one has, the more you are able to accomplish, for you learn to economize your time.

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.

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.

My productivity is overwhelming!

If you don't create structure, your time will get eaten up pretty quickly. And the alternative is harsher than you think, because the world will suck it up.

Being successful doesn't make you manage your time well. Managing your time well makes you successful!

Time must be explicitly managed, like money.

The supposed great misery of our century is the lack of time.

No, my entire life is planned. It's called time management.

I pack every minute I can with something to do.

Here's the deal: I believe - and I attempt to live my life this way - we all have more time than we think we do. We all waste so much time.

I just think there are enough hours in the day. If you just focus and dedicate yourself and approach each task as it presents itself, you can accomplish a lot.

We need a sense of the value of time - that is, of the best way to divide one's time into one's various activities.

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.

I keep lists of names of people that I have met, a list of things to do day by day as well as a log of how my time is consumed throughout the day. It's a very important part of my personal discipline.

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.