Jan Fields Quotes

There is time enough for everything, in the course of the day, if you do but one thing at once; but there is not time enough in the year, if you will do two things at a time.

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.

Work is hard. Distractions are plentiful. And time is short.

Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets.

At one time, late Yash-ji, too, wanted to do two to three films, but somehow, I am not the kind to do too many things at the same time. I like to take it slow and steady.

I don't want to spread myself so thin that I achieve nothing.

If I dabble in too many things and don't focus on channelizing my energy into one thing, I might mess it up.

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

I'm mature enough to understand I can find time to do other things without disturbing my focus for basketball.

Concentration is the magic key that opens the door to accomplishment. By concentrating our efforts upon a few major goals, our efficiency soars, our projects are completed -- we are going somewhere. By focusing our efforts to a single point, we achieve the greatest results. The first rule of success, and the one that supercedes all others, is to have energy. It is important to know how to concentrate it, how to husband it, how to focus it on important things instead of frittering it away on trivia.

I mean time management is a big factor in my life. I'm a very organized person. You can only do one thing at a time, so that's the main way I do everything. When I'm with my kids, I'm with my kids. When I'm directing a movie, I'm directing a movie. When I'm making Magic Mike, I'm making Magic Mike. So you just really have to fragment and focus.

I find it so easy to get distracted - I try not to do more than one thing at any one time.

I'm lucky - I can do two things at once.

The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

You can't work on 15 problems at the same time.

Play more than one game at a time. This is a painless way to learn how to do many things at once.

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.

I learned that focus is key. Not just in your running a company, but in your personal life as well.

Smart people tend to enjoy thinking about a lot of things at once. I'd say entrepreneurs should be serial monogamists; do one thing at a time until you make sufficient progress and then move on.

If you aim at nothing, you'll hit it every time.

I knew I could control one thing, and that is my time and my hours and my effort and my efficiency.

Time = Life, Therefore, waste your time and waste of your life, or master your time and master your life.

I can't really work on more than one thing at a time.

To do two things at once is to do neither.

I've learned that if I only put my mind to one thing that I can get tunnel vision. Then I may not be as open to other opportunities because I'm so focused on one thing. I think what's worked better for me personally is I have three goals every day: be nice, work hard, and make friends.