Why do people complain that there's no time to get their work done? Because there is more work to do than the work they think they have to do.

Some people have to move, physically, to "get" something. But if you're stuck in a chair, that's not your limitation - it's simply not an optimal condition for you.

Sometimes the biggest gain in productive energy will come from cleaning the cobwebs, dealing with old business, and clearing the desks—cutting loose debris that's impeding forward motion.

Anything that causes you to overreact or underreact can control you, and often does.

Most people move actually into high performance in a crisis because that creates the kind of focus that creates high performance.

A lot of people have nothing very well organized, and a lot of people have nothing, very well organized.

There is no reason ever to have the same thought twice, unless you like having that thought.