40 Quotes About Productivity That Will Change Your Monday At Work

40 quotes

We are always in a state of productivity, it is only where our energy moves toward that matters.

“Start before you're ready.”

Tagged: Life Hacks, How To Get Things Done, How To Get Things right, Being Brave

“Napoleon described his mind and work life as a series of drawers. Open one, shut the other.”

“Good checklists, on the other hand are precise. They are efficient, to the point, and easy to use even in the most difficult situations.”

— Atul Gawande, amazon.com

Tagged: Life Hacks, How To Get Things Done, How To Get Things right, Checklists, Organization

“The key is to take a larger project or goal and break it down into smaller problems to be solved, constraining the scope of work to solving a key problem, and then another key problem.”

— Peter Sims, amazon.com

Tagged: Life Hacks, Problem Solving, Work, Stress, Goals

“The next time you are trying to be creative in a meeting...lie down. If anyone accuses you of being lazy, quietly explain that you are employing your locus coeruleus in the war against rigid thinking.”

— Richard Wiseman, amazon.com

Tagged: Life Hacks, Happiness, Creativity, Funny, Rigid Thinking

“Each time you avoid saying no to something you really don’t want, you give away your power.”

— Amy Morin, amazon.com

Tagged: Life Hacks, Self Help, Saying No, Your Power, strength

“In short, when it comes to an instant fix for everyday happiness, certain types of writing have a surprisingly quick and large impact. Expressing gratitude, thinking about a perfect future, and affectionate writing have been scientifically proven to work—and all they require is a pen, a piece of pap…”

— Richard Wiseman, amazon.com

Tagged: Life Hacks, Happiness, Writing, Journaling, Relfecting

“If you want to avoid repeating a mistake, spend some time studying it. Set any negative feelings you might have aside, acknowledge the factors that led up to your misstep, and learn from it.”

— Amy Morin, amazon.com

Tagged: Life Hacks, Self Help, Mistakes, Negative Feelings, Missteps

“Buy Experiences Not Goods. Want to buy happiness? Then spend your hard-earned cash on experiences.”

— Richard Wiseman, amazon.com

Tagged: Life Hacks, Money, Experiences, Material Things, Buying Happiness

“Redefine your goal, so that it’s not to pursue justice or punish unfairness but to accept the unfairness of the world, bear the humiliation and helplessness that go with it, and then seek to do the most good.”

— Michael Bennett MD, amazon.com

Tagged: Life Hacks, Defining Goals, Goals, Humility, Helplessness