Tony Buzan Quotes

Working hard and working smart sometimes can be two different things.

The idea that the harder you work, the better you're going to be is just garbage. The greatest improvement is made by the man or woman who works most intelligently.

My whole philosophy is working smarter and not harder. And making sure I'm using little effort and getting a huge effect.

Without going to what I think is my limit. I always say that my ideal is to get pole with the minimum effort, and to win the race at the slowest speed possible.

Heavy lifting doesn't need to be heavy spending if we do the job right.

Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.

Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.

It's not necessarily the amount of time you spend at practice that counts; it's what you put into the practice.

Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.

It's not about working harder; it's about working the system.

Success is not just about being a hard worker, it is about becoming a smart worker.

I feel many times we do all the hard work, but in the absence of smart work, we do not get the desired results.

It isn't the hours that you put in at practice that count. It's the way you spend those minutes.

I grew up in New England. I think I was brought up with the Puritan ethic: that if you worked really hard in life, then good would come to you. The harder you work, the luckier you get. I've come to believe that it's the smarter you work, the better.

Perhaps the most important use of money - It saves time. Life is so short, and there's so much to do, one can't afford to waste a minute; and just think how much you waste, for instance, in walking from place to place instead of going by bus and in going by bus instead of by taxi.

I think I have learned, in some degree at least, to disregard the old maxim ""Do not get others to do what you can do yourself."" My motto on the other hand is; ""Do not do that which others can do as well.

In modern industrial society only minimal effort is necessary to satisfy one's physical needs.

If you are drilling for water, it's better to drill one 60-foot well than 10 6-foot wells.

The less unnecessary effort you put into learning, the more successful you'll be . . . Doing the wrong thing with more intensity rarely improves the situation.

Work, hard work, intelligent work, and then more work.

Given two people with exactly the same ability, the one person who manages day in and day out to get in one more hour of thinking will be tremendously more productive over a lifetime.

I just want to do the least work in the least time and make the most money.

When you think something is cool already, it's okay to put in an honest day's work.

People who are really efficient seem to do things easily, with a minimum of effort. In doing so they release maximum power.

Being efficient without regard to effectiveness is the default mode of the universe.