Robert Pozen Quotes

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.

There's nothing wrong with procrastination. Or is there? I'll leave it to you to decide, but only if you have the time.

Time management is an oxymoron. Time is beyond our control, and the clock keeps ticking regardless of how we lead our lives. Priority management is the answer to maximizing the time we have.

Also, I'm always learning better and better how to prioritize and how to leave certain things for the next day.

Deadlines aren't bad. They help you organize your time. They help you set priorities. They make you get going when you might not feel like it.

Without deadlines and restrictions I just tend to become preoccupied with other things.

Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn't the work he is supposed be doing at that moment.

Time management is really key for me.

I am definitely going to take a course on time management... just as soon as I can work it into my schedule.

I crave deadlines. If I don't have a deadline, I become a total slacker, which is why I always have so much on my plate.

The biggest way to be productive is if you're procrastinating on another more important project.

I used to delay doing stuff that I just didn't want to deal with - things like putting the garden hose away properly or doing the dishes right after dinner. Now I have this little voice in my head that says, 'I know you don't want to do this, but just do it anyway.' In other words, there's far less stuff that I put off until tomorrow.

I love a daily deadline.

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.

I'm the type of person that if I put it off, I'll forget about it.

Probably the biggest problem I had was I didn't understand the importance of scheduling.

College is good discipline. That's what I learned there: pull an all-nighter, get it done, and get an A. I'm the biggest procrastinator, and I learned how to be an efficient procrastinator.

Time management is really personal management, life management. and management of yourself.

If you plan to face tomorrow, do it soon.

The best cure for procrastination is to have so much on your plate that procrastination is no longer an option.

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

I would never finish a painting if I didn't have a deadline.

I'm lazy but generally task oriented so having a hoop to jump through means eventually I'll make the effort.

It's very easy to fool yourself that you're working, you know, when you're really not working very hard. I mean, I'm very lazy. So for me, I would always have an excuse, you know, to go - quit early, go to a museum, you know. So I do everything I can to make myself remember this is a job. I keep a schedule.

Getting organized in the normal routines of life and finishing little projects you've started is an important first step toward realizing larger goals. If you can't get a handle on the small things, how will you ever get it together to focus on the big things?