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"Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.”
Paul J. Meyer
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“Luck is only important in so far as getting the chance to sell yourself at the right moment. After that, you’ve got to have talent and know how to use it.”
Frank Sinatra
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“The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work.”
Oprah Winfrey
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“Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.”
Coco Chanel
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“The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings.”
Thomas Sowell
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“Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.”
Peter Drucker
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“Simplicity boils down to two steps: identify the essential, eliminate the rest.”
Leo Babauta
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“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.”
Stephen King
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“Edit your life frequently and ruthlessly. It’s your masterpiece after all.”
Nathan W. Morris
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“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.”
Steve Jobs
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“It is not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results.”
Warren Buffett
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“People often say that motivation doesn’t last long. Well, neither does bathing — that’s why we recommend it daily.”
Zig Ziglar
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“Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”
Theodore Roosevelt
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“Time management is not a peripheral activity or skill. It is the core skill upon which everything else in life depends.”
Brian Tracy
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“The true price of anything you do is the amount of time you exchange for it.”
Henry David Thoreau
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“Ordinary people think merely of spending time, great people think of using it.”
Arthur Schopenhauer
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“The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.”
Stephen Covey
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“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”
Albert Einstein
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“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The Sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”
Alexander Graham Bell
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“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.”
Albert Einstein
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“He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.”
Muhammad Ali
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“Sometimes, things may not go your way, but the effort should be there every single night.”
Michael Jordan
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Productivity guilt is a mindset of feeling bad about not creating, achieving or working hard.
This is the tendency to have “intrusive thoughts” about a task that we once started but didn’t finish.
It is in our human nature to finish off things that we start and we often hate having to leave a project unfinished.
Some people are very good at maintaining a detachment between their work and their outside life. For others (especially those indoctrinated in ‘life hacks’ and productivity tips), the guilt to be constantly doing something can be a real energy sucker.
Before comparing yourself to that guy over there, realize what he’s sacrificing.
If you’re feeling guilty about your lack of “productivity”, then you’re not going to be truly productive at all.