Iyanla Vanzant Quotes

We cannot waste time. We can only waste ourselves.

Don't fool yourself that important things can be put off till tomorrow; they can be put off forever, or not at all

I guess I would say, it's okay to put things off until the very last minute as long as you know you've got them under control.

I have reached the end of my time, and have hardly come to the beginning of my task.

If you were to fault yourself in one of three areas, which would it be: (1) the inability to prioritize; (2) the inability or desire to organize around those priorities; or (3) the lack of discipline to execute around them? ... Most people say their main fault is a lack of discipline. On deeper thought, I believe that is not the case. The basic problem is that their priorities have not become deeply planted in their hearts and minds. They haven't really internalized Habit 2 [Begin with the end in mind].

You never put off until tomorrow or even this afternoon what you can do this morning. Attack the objective when your desire is strongest.

Unfinished business is our worst business. Perpetual procrastination must yield to perceptive preparation. Today we have a little more time to bless others-time to be kinder, more compassionate, quicker to thank and slower to scold, more generous in sharing, more gracious in caring.

Not doing things you can do is the whole point of laziness. Not doing something you can't do is just sensible.

I'm learning real skills that I can apply throughout the rest of my life...procrastinating and rationalizing.

I said to myself, 'If you don't sit down to it today, when will you ever sit down to it?'

Sometimes they work, and sometimes they just won't. Sometimes you get hung up on them. When that happens, you just throw it back, and maybe come back to it two or three weeks later.

Procrastination is something you do yourself. You know: "I gotta sharpen these pencils before I start. I got 20 pencils, they're looking kinda dull." Well, the pencils aren't calling you and alluring you and inviting you and offering you anything. They're just sitting there. You're the one who's procrastinating.

People with good work habits have to-do lists that are reasonably prioritized, and they make themselves do what needs to be done. By contrast, people with poor work habits almost randomly react to the stuff that comes at them, or they can't bring themselves to do the things they need to do but don't like to do (or are unable to do).

Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.

Every man has something to do which he neglects, every man has faults to conquer which he delays to combat.

Time can be an ally or an enemy. What it becomes depends entirely upon you, your goals, and your determination to use every available minute.

The most valuable of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it has to be done, whether you like it or not.

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

Becoming a mother has made all the difference in terms of learning to take more responsibility for myself and my life. Parenthood changed the way I do everything.

You can't let someone else's agenda hijack your day.

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.

Every day, I tell myself, 'It will be better if I spend more time on thinking about good ideas and working instead of watching TV or shopping.'

My inability to stick with any journal or calendar has been a pattern for God-since-forever.

Procrastinating is a habit that I have to overcome.

I don't want to waste my life by being lazy.