Single Tasking Quotes

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.

Concentrate your energy, thought and capital exclusively upon the business in which you are engaged... 'Don't put all your eggs in one basket' is all wrong. I tell you 'put all your eggs in one basket, and then watch that basket.'

I think people who multitask pay a huge price. They think they're being extra productive, and I think when you multitask so much you don't have time to think about anything deeply, you are giving the world an advantage you shouldn't do, and practically everybody is drifting into that mistake.

My thinking is first and last and always for the sake of my doing, and I can only do one thing at a time.

So stay true to your own nature. If you like to do things in a slow and steady way, don't let others make you feel as if you have to race. If you enjoy depth, don't force yourself to seek breadth. If you prefer single-tasking to multi-tasking, stick to your guns. Being relatively unmoved by rewards gives you the incalculable power to go your own way.

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.

I try to do one thing at a time to utilise my time well.

Stay focused and don't try to do too many things at once. Care about execution quality.

I don't take pressure. I can't really work under pressure. I do one film at a time, and I try to live in that character and in the moment. I am not a futuristic person who thinks what is going to happen after five years. And I don't live in the past.

Your conscious brain cannot multitask. If I'm speaking to you and checking my I-Phone at the same time, I'm doing neither. This is why our society is frazzled; this misconception that we can consciously do more than one thing at a time effectively.

The bane of Americans is overwork-and the ruin of any work is a divided interest. Concentrate-concentrate. One thing at a time.

I'm a person of whim, and easily distracted. I don't like multitasking. When I'm doing one thing, I like to do just that thing.

Do one thing at a Time, and while doing it put your whole Soul into it to the exclusion of all else.

I'm strictly a one-project-at-a-time kind of guy. If I came up with a compelling idea for a different book while working on a project, I'd probably abandon the first project and go with the new idea.

You can do only one thing at a time. I simply tackle one problem and concentrate all efforts on what I am doing at the moment.

It's better to do one thing at a time and give your full concentration.

When I'm working, I'm working and I'm focused on that day's work.

Multitasking divides your attention and leads to confusion and weakened focus.

I'm not great at multi-tasking, so when I do one thing... I like to do it 100%.

Stick to what's in front of you - idea, action, utterance.

I am always able to keep a laser focus on one thing at a time without getting distracted. It helps that I try to break everything I do into small, achievable tasks.

When you’re obsessing about one thing, you can reach insights about how to solve hard problems. If you have too many things to think about, you’ll get to the superficial solution, not the brilliant one.

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

I think there's too much mult-tasking going on. I think people need to quiet down and focus and be still more.