Alexa Von Tobel Quotes

I just have to be very, very organised.

I just think there are enough hours in the day. If you just focus and dedicate yourself and approach each task as it presents itself, you can accomplish a lot.

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

Whatever the right hand findeth to do, the left hand carries a watch on its wrist to show how long it takes to do it.

I have found that if I spend the first hour of my day at home, I get more done, and less people steal my time.

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.

When I do something, I do it for the specified amount of time, and then I do something else.

Momentum is a fragile force. Its worst enemy: procrastination. Its best friend: a deadline (think Election Day). Implication no. 1 (and there is no no. 2): Get to work! NOW!

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

No matter what your work today, if it is worth while at all - time to plan it out, time to do it well, and time to finish it, is your day's greatest gift and your greatest job.

I pack every minute I can with something to do.

I've come to the conclusion that the average person can do about four things a day, like four real things a day.

If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do.

If you give yourself to your task at once, you won't have to do it twice.

Time is valuable; people are busy.

Boundary setting is really a huge part of time management.

I have too many friends who tell me that they spend the first hour of every morning going through their e-mail messages. I'd like to use my time more carefully.

A person who has not done one half his day's work by ten o clock, runs a chance of leaving the other half undone.

My lab and academic work fill my day from about 9 am to 7 p.m. Then I zoom out the lens to work on my other writing.

This is the key to time management - to see the value of every moment.

I learned that we can do anything, but we can't do everything... at least not at the same time. So think of your priorities not in terms of what activities you do, but when you do them. Timing is everything.

The whole business of marshaling one's energies becomes more and more important as one grows older.

When you're at work, it's about being present and getting as much done as humanly possible.

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

When I was bringing up a child, I taught myself to write in very short, concentrated bursts. If I had a weekend, or a week, I'd do unbelievable amounts of work.