Andrew Strauss Quotes

I definitely take notes, but I feel like sometimes if I take too many notes, it kind of bogs down my mind a little bit. So, I just write down stuff that I need to remember for the game.

Even if you're just making a list of all the things you have to do, putting your pen to paper gets it out of your head. It puts you in this place of release.

Put your stressful thoughts on paper, question them, and have a great life.

Be a collector of good ideas. Keep a journal. If you hear a good idea, capture it, write it down. Don't trust your memory.

Almost every morning I write in my journal. I've been keeping it for a long time - I've filled more than 50 books. I write about what's going on in my personal and spiritual life or what's going on at work. It helps me keep things in perspective, especially when things get crazy or I get stressed or we have obstacles.

I'm pretty good at getting things out of the way, especially paperwork. I hate it sitting about, as it somehow weighs me down.

Always write your ideas down however silly or trivial they might seem. Keep a notebook with you at all times.

A calm environment is for after I finish work.

I have a notebook with me all the time, and I begin scribbling a few words. When things are going well, the walk does not get anywhere; I finally just stop and write.

I carry a notebook with me everywhere. But that's only the first step.

When I write notes in my journal, I'm just trying to scribble down as much as possible. Later on, I decide whether to follow some of those first impressions or whether to abandon them.

I try to make my bed every day for mental health. Coming home to an unmade bed or a room with clothes all over will depress me.

If a cluttered desk is the sign of a cluttered mind, what is the significance of a clean desk?

You're able to do more when you're not clouded with wasted anxiety.

Busy people all make the same mistake: they assume they are short on time, which of course, they are. But time is not their only scarce resource. They are also short on bandwidth. By bandwidth I mean basic cognitive resources - psychologists call them working memory and executive control - that we use in nearly every activity.

I carry a notebook and write down things to do, and I write out thoughts and stuff like that.

In the scope of a happy life, a messy desk or an overstuffed coat closet is a trivial thing, yet I find - and I hear from other people that they agree - that getting rid of clutter gives a disproportionate boost to happiness.

When I'm in the field, when I'm working, I keep very careful notes. I wear big shirts with big breast pockets, and I carry in them two little spiral notebooks.

Journaling is something that I've always tried to get into.

I always have pen and paper with me.

Sometimes when people are under stress, they hate to think, and it's the time when they most need to think.

I have kept journals at different times in my life. And a lot of my early notebooks became places where I would just think on the page, trying to parse what I was feeling, to find out what I was thinking.

If I'm down about something or having problems with something, I can write it down and get it out.

I've always got a notepad on or a voice recorder recording ideas.

I often spend the majority of my time thinking and writing down notes.