Emmet Fox Quotes

There will always be another email to get through; something to clean up, file, and organize; more errands to do. Which is why balance is so important. Life is a marathon, not a sprint.

I find that if I use my time well and take care of my mind/body when I'm outside of work, then I feel more supported throughout my day. So, instead of waking up and going straight for my cell phone or running to the gym, I take a few deep breaths, envision what I'd like to achieve that day, then rid my mind of anything that isn't going to help me get there.

While the work or play is on, it is a lot of fun if while you are doing one you don't constantly feel that you ought to be doing the other.

People frequently fail when they try to do everything at once. They approach a massive project and quickly get discouraged. Taking small, but high-value steps takes less time, and you learn more in the long run.

Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.

I think at the end of the day you have to find a balance with what's really important.

You try to make the most of each day. I'm not big into setting real specific goals. I think, really, if you just focus on every day - and I know that's the oldest cliche in the book, but it really is true. Day 1 of camp means just as much as Day 17 of camp. If you really try to focus on each and every one of those days, long-term.

If I have a 12 or 14 hour workday, I am home the next. I cut out anything that is frivolous or doesn't need to be done.

Somebody said the key to life is to work hard, play hard, rest hard, and I've pretty much adopted that.

I'm better when I'm busy. I am happier. I am a bit useless when I'm not busy. I start thinking too much, which is never a good thing. When I'm busy I have a better perspective on what really matters - the priorities.

I have realized sometimes I do better working under a crazy schedule. It gives me less time to overthink things and forces me to be present.

I think it's important to have as much as a normal life and take the time to get perspective because it only helps your work in the long run.

If I was a little bit younger I would worry more. I'd want to do one thing at a time but now I try to do a bunch of different things at a time if I can.

Beware the barrenness of a busy life.

Focus on being balanced - success is balance.

You can't do it all. You get many requests all the time, but I still have to focus on football, still have to live my life a little bit. But there are definitely times during the week when you want to take time out.

The secret of the truly successful, I believe, is that they learned very early in life how not to be busy. They saw through that adage, repeated to me so often in childhood, that anything worth doing is worth doing well.

I barely have time to think. But the best way to stay grounded is to take it one day at a time.

I couldn't understand why my productivity went down when I had deliberately made more time available to write. Then I realized it was because I wasn't flying as much.

Am I a workaholic? Yes, but I also have no problem taking time for myself.

Procrastination is your body telling you you need to back off a bit and think more about what you are doing.

The added work load of a degree has made me focus a lot more when I am in work.

We speak continually of saving time, but time in its richness is most often lost to us when we are busy without relief.

I get restless easily so I always want to keep working, but I am trying to pace it as well.

I'm one of these very focused people when it comes to day-to-day work, and I'm trying not to think about what comes next so that I can stay very focused on what I'm doing now.