Scott Adams Quotes

Boundary setting is really a huge part of time management.

I've learned time management, organization and I have priorities.

I take mentoring very seriously and as a result I hardly get any work done during the school year.

I've actually not read any books on time management.

There are people who literally cannot start a project until the deadline is four hours away, even if it's a big one. And those people have a serious problem. My recommendation is set up mini-deadlines. You might say, 'Okay, here's my deadline after three days for this and there's another deadline for that and then a third deadline.'

Work is hard. Distractions are plentiful. And time is short.

Time management is really key for me.

I am a person who works to deadlines.

We like to bully deadlines. Pick on them; make fun of them; even spit on them sometimes. But what a terrible thing to do. Deadlines are actually our best friends.

Time management is surely the most critical aspect of acing multiple arenas: home, work, and family.

I plan my time to a 'T.' I plan when I am going to sleep; I plan when I am going to relax. I obviously leave time to have spontaneous life experiences - I think that's really important. But so much of it is setting up you mental energy in the right way to get the most out of your day and time.

I'm a precrastinator. Yes, that's an actual term. You know that panic you feel a few hours before a big deadline when you haven't done anything yet? I just feel that a few months ahead of time.

If I had my way, I want to do 15 films in a year, but I have realised I cannot physically do that.

I hear people say they're going to write. I ask, when? They give me vague statements. Indefinite plans get dubious results. When we're concrete about our writing time, it alleviates that thin constant feeling of anxiety that writers have - we're barbecuing hot dogs, riding a bike, sailing out in the bay, shopping for shoes, even helping a sick friend, but somewhere nervously at the periphery of our perception we know we belong somewhere else - at our desk!

My schedule is always tight. But I like to have the pressure of having to finish doing something; it gives me an added edge.

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

One of the best things my mother passed on to me was being an efficient multitasker.

In all our deeds, the proper value and respect for time determines success or failure.

The thing with making your art your business is: It's a business. You can't sit around waiting for the muse, especially when you run a show, and you're in production, and an outline is due, a script is due, and a reshoot is due. No. You look at the calendar, and you go, 'OK. I can write from 4 to 6.' So you write.

I envy people who can think, 'No, I'm not going to work today' when they have a huge pile of deadlines stacking up.

I pack every minute I can with something to do.

I'm at the gym at 6, so I'm usually in my office by 7:15. And I try to not schedule a lot of meetings before 8. So I've got that first hour to get myself organized for the day and to make sure that I've structured what I want to do.

I just have to be very, very organised.

The key to getting work done on time is to stop wearing a watch.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.