Task Selection Quotes

I love having ten times as much stuff to do as I can possibly find time to do. That way, I can pick the one-tenth that I want to do most. But if I only have enough to just occupy all my time, I'm stuck doing all of whatever stuff it happens to be.

I've chosen the parts that have interested me and parts that I thought I could do a job with but also were challenging and a little bit scary.

Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort.

I think that if you don't like something and it's not easy, you shouldn't be doing it.

The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.

I actually have to pick and chose stuff that I know I'm going to bomb at.

I only do work that suits my temperament.

Choose a subject equal to your abilities; think carefully what your shoulders may refuse, and what they are capable of bearing.

There's always a project around, but you have to pick and choose.

Usually I get asked to do stuff that's cool, and if I ever can't do something, it's usually, because of logistics, I don't have the time for it. Rarely do I get ask to do something that I'd rather not do. I usually do it if I feel that it's something I can do.