Quotes about Productivity

A discretionary hour can be wisely invested or foolishly wasted. Each

Teach us to make the most of our time… and make our efforts successful. Yes, make our efforts successful! —Psalm 90:12, 17 NLT

First, when we are busy, we naturally believe that we are achieving. But busyness does not equal productivity. Activity is not necessarily accomplishment. Second, prioritizing requires leaders to continually think ahead, to know what's important, to know what's next, to see how everything relates to the overall vision. That's hard work. Third, prioritizing causes us to do things that are at the least uncomfortable and sometimes downright painful.

You could use the 80/20 rule. Give 80 percent of your effort to the top 20 percent (most important) activities. Another way is to focus on exceptional opportunities that promise a huge return. It comes down to this: give your attention to the areas that bear fruit.

5. Each person's leadership is best exercised in his or her area of giftedness (v. 31). When we discover our gifts, we will naturally lead in those areas where we are most productive, intuitive, comfortable, influential, and satisfied.

Don't settle for poor performers. Keep in mind that one great person will always out-produce and out-perform two mediocre people.

The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda. The only adequate preparation for tomorrow is the right use of today.

It will add to your effectiveness, subtract from your weaknesses, divide your workload, and multiply your impact.

people who are busy rowing seldom have time to rock the boat.

TODAY GIVE YOUR TIME ONLY TO THINGS THAT PASS THE REQUIREMENT, RETURN, REWARD TEST.

Poet and novelist James Joyce said, "Your mind will give back to you exactly what you put into it." The greatest enemy of good thinking is busyness. And middle leaders are usually the busiest people in an organization.

We can't choose whether we will get any more time, but we can choose what we do with it.