Quotes about Productivity

One of the secret benefits of hiring remote workers is that the work itself becomes the yardstick to judge someone's performance.

Following group chat at work is like being in an all-day meeting with random participants and no agenda. It's completely exhausting.

If you can't fit everything you want to do within 40 hours per week, you need to get better at picking what to do, not work longer hours.

Remember: Deadlines, not dreadlines.

Workaholism is a contagious disease.

The scarcity of such face time in remote working situations makes it seem that much more valuable. And as a result, something interesting happens: people don't waste the time. An awareness of scarcity makes them use it wisely.

If you still want people in the office every day, change that requirement to every afternoon instead. Then let your troops have their mornings to themselves.

Ironically, you'll probably get far more done when only half of your workday overlaps with the rest of your team. Instead of spending the entire day dealing with Urgent!!! emails and disruptive phone calls, you'll have the entire start (or end) of the day to yourself.

So sacrifice some of your darlings for the greater good. Cut your ambition in half. You're better off with a kick-ass half than a half-assed whole. Most

They even create crises. They don't look for ways to be more efficient because they actually like working overtime. They enjoy feeling like heroes.

The number one counter to distractions is interesting, fulfilling work.

What do you gain if you ban employees from, say, visiting a social-networking site or watching YouTube while at work? You gain nothing. That time doesn't magically convert to work. They'll just find some other diversion.