"Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things. Systems ensure you achieve both."

- Peter Drucker

"Among experiments in the field, 90 percent confirm that productivity is enhanced by well-defined, challenging goals."

- John Doerr, Measure What Matters

"Don’t let other people plan your day. Imagine your ideal day — then make it a reality. Plan what you want to accomplish each day, and don’t let anyone or anything interrupt your plans. Just follow your plan."

- Pat Hiban, 7 Steps to 7 Figures

"A well-planned day sets you up for success. Prepare tonight for a productive tomorrow."

- Laura Vanderkam, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast

"A small productivity gain, compounded over 50 years, is worth a lot. So it’s worth figuring out how to optimize productivity. If you get 10% more done and 1% better every day compared to someone else, the compounded difference is massive."

- Sam Altman

"A well-ordered day provides an opportunity to accomplish more and reduces stress by eliminating decision fatigue."

— Charles Duhigg, Smarter Faster Better

"I began to view attention as the most important ingredient we can add if we’re to become more productive, creative, and happy—at work and at home."

— Chris Bailey, Hyperfocus

"Setting a regular work schedule not only improves productivity but also allows for dedicated personal time, which is essential for mental well-being."

- Shawn Achor, The Happiness Advantage

“Productivity is achieved when you plan, organize, set priorities, and concentrate on the most valuable use of your time, all day long.”

- Brian Tracy, Master Your Time, Master Your Life

“It’s better to be urgent and efficient so that you can afford to relax and enjoy the fruits of your labors instead of stressing that you have not done enough to provide stability for yourself and your family.”

- Tim and Julie Harris, Harris Rules

“Here is a trick that will give you an extra month of efficiency each year. It’s easy to implement, immediately effective, and doesn’t cost a cent. First, go to your e-mail program. Second, disable all the audio alerts and mailbox pop-ups… That’s it, there is no third step. Banishing e-mail notifications will make you about 10 percent more efficient and over a year that translates into one more month of productivity.”

- Piers Steel, The Procrastination Equation

“An example of your amazing, but possibly underutilized, ability to control your motivation, not to mention your efficiency, is how you feel right before a vacation. In the time prior to taking a vacation, you're super organized. You edit the things on your to-do list to only the most necessary. You're awesome at managing your time and getting things done. It's almost miraculous how efficient you become. What would happen if you treated each workday as if you had that plane to catch for your vacation?”

- Tim and Julie Harris, Harris Rules

“People don’t multitask because they’re good at multitasking. They multitask because they’re bad at focusing.”

- From Time Management Essentials by Anna Dearmon Kornick

“Done is better than perfect.”

- From Everything is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo

“A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.”

- Charles Darwin

“Here’s one way to approach it: Push the ultimate desired outcome off into an unknowable future horizon then break the big goal down into smaller chunks. Identify THE next most important little domino that needs to get knocked over. Set a challenging but realistic target for THAT goal, then figure out the PROCESS you need to engage in on a daily basis to hit that goal and voila! You’re an instant success as you show up and take the next baby step, remembering to celebrate the small wins as you create a feeling of continuous achievement. Remember: We want that inspiring, jumbo-huge goal to serve as a RUDDER pointing us in the right direction as we practice staying fully engaged in one moment after the other. That’s much better than using our unrealistic goal as a measuring stick that depletes our energy as we worry about why we’re not already at our goal.”

- Brian Johnson, Heroic.us

“Set into motion the actions necessary to achieve the things you currently claim are important, yet keep being put off.”

- From Harris Rules by Tim and Julie Harris

“Massive action is the key to productivity. Massive action means you take action until you get the results you want.”

- Natalie Bacon

"Ending your day with planning sets you up for a purposeful and productive tomorrow."

- From High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way by Brendon Burchard

“Research shows that beginning your day with a victory puts you in a positive mood. This morning momentum leads to more victories and continued progress throughout the day. You also win your health battles early in the morning. Making time to exercise and choosing the right foods for the first meal of the day will help you make better decisions all day long. The right decisions will give you more energy so that you will be more productive, mentally sharp, and free from fatigue—and even pain—all day long. Your first victory sets the proverbial ball rolling. This first win is also the biggest win and one that no one can take away from you. That’s why you must start early and control your morning, so that (barring external emergencies) your day will go exactly as planned.”

- From The Perfect Day Formula by Craig Ballantyne