John Newton 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.

Man, like the bridge, was designed to carry the load of the moment, not the combined weight of a year at once.

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.

I've learned to relax more. Everybody feels pressure in what they do, maybe mine is just a little different because there doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day to accomplish what I want to.

The best person to get something done is a busy person.

Having my priorities in order has really helped me look better, fresher, and more relaxed.

As Indian women, we are always balancing work, life, home, etc. It's important to know that while juggling rubber balls and glass balls, the former may bounce back when you miss, but the glass balls will crack if you let them fall. So prioritise, prioritise, prioritise.

One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from a horse master. He told me to go slow to go fast. I think that applies to everything in life. We live as though there aren't enough hours in the day but if we do each thing calmly and carefully we will get it done quicker and with much less stress.

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.'

Time management is really key for me.

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

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

We live very busy lives. But everyone has a spare minute.

I take my work one day at a time.

In some ways I was curt because there's an unbelievable amount to accomplish in a day.

Focus on what needs to be done that day. Don't think too far ahead. Once you start thinking too far ahead, you get distracted by things that don't matter on that day.

The challenging thing from a work perspective is just the range of things on any given day that you're dealing with and making sure you have the head space to really be giving them the thought and consideration you'd like, too.

We are continuously bombarded with information, appeals, deadlines, communications... We are continually being squeezed or projected into the future as our present moments are assaulted and consumed in the fires of endless urgency.

Slowing down doesn't mean accomplishing less; it means cutting out counterproductive distractions and the perception of being rushed.

Tomorrow really will take care of itself if I do the right thing today.

Anxiety, the illness of our time, comes primarily from our inability to dwell in the present moment.

Worry is a funky luxury when a lot has to be done.

We don't have any problem finding enough things to do; the problem we have is making sure we don't overload ourselves inadvertently.

If people would reflect that one can only do one thing at a time and therefore there is never more than one thing to do at a time, there would be less fatigue in the world.

Let each hour of the day have its allotted duty, and cultivate that power of concentration which grows with its exercise.