11/9/2016 30 Productivity Quotes I Wish I Knew 10 Years Ago process.st/productivity-quotes/ Motivation is a massive factor to your productivity, but you can’t stay motivated without inspiration. Hell, success comes from surrounding yourself with people who are better than you , so why not learn from the top of the heap? To help, we at Process Street have put together 30 productivity quotes from the best of the best. After all, whilst I’ve talked before about how to stop procrastinating and improve productivity , gifs are more memorable than words. 30 productivity quotes Albert Einstein 1/30
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11/9/2016
30 Productivity Quotes I Wish I Knew 10 Years Agoprocess.st/productivity-quotes/
Motivation is a massive factor to your productivity, but you can’t stay motivated without inspiration.
Hell, success comes from surrounding yourself with people who are better than you, so why not learn from the topof the heap?
To help, we at Process Street have put together 30 productivity quotes from the best of the best.
After all, whilst I’ve talked before about how to stop procrastinating and improve productivity, gifs are morememorable than words.
‘Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new’
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Aside from developing the foundation for modern physics, Einstein understood that in order to make the biggestbreakthroughs, you have to make mistakes.
Through mistakes, you learn. Through failure, you explore.
‘The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing’
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Going from being fired for a lack of creativity and an early bankruptcy to the family name we know and love, it’s hardto argue with Walt’s productivity.
At the heart of his success was the knowledge that nothing gets done until you start doing, rather than talking.
‘Remembering you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you havesomething to lose. You are already naked. There’s no reason not to follow your heart’
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Sometimes the best motivation can be the harsh truth, and the ex-CEO of Apple is a perfect example of this.
Instead of sitting around and procrastinating, take the first step and get going. You have nothing to lose.
‘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’
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The music industry is cutthroat, but Frank Sinatra maintained that luck was only a minor factor to his success.
To be successful, you have to grasp the opportunities you can, and then put your all into it.
‘It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work onsomething else’
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One of the smartest people alive, Steven Hawking is no stranger to difficult problems.
Despite his “Theory of Everything” proving elusive, he notes that getting angry about it doesn’t solve anything.Instead, to solve a problem, you need to give your mind space by working on something else.
‘If you have to eat two frogs, eat the ugliest one first’
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Although we’ve already talked about Tracy’s prioritization method, the point with this quote is to focus on dealingwith your biggest or ugliest task first.
Do that, and everything else will feel like smooth sailing.
A master of language and firm believer in getting straight to the point, Hemingway notes that just because you’redoing something doesn’t mean that it’s worthwhile.
Don’t trick yourself into spending time on pointless tasks – work on exactly what you need to.
‘Big ideas come from the unconscious… But your unconscious has to be well informed, or your ideawill be irrelevant. Stuff your conscious mind with information, then unhook your rational thoughtprocess’
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Even legends like Ogilvy couldn’t work on a single project and expect to have fantastic ideas. Creativity comes atrandom, not at will.
The best way to encourage creativity is to fill your head with information, then take a break.
Your subconscious is a master at recalling the good stuff.
‘People can be really smart or have skills that are directly applicable, but if they don’t really believe init, then they are not going to really work hard’
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This is more for organization managers and employers; you can’t expect your workforce to go at full throttle if theyaren’t engaged with their work.
Make sure that your employees know how to use your product and truly believe in its value.
Whether you do this with a solid onboarding process or by thoroughly vetting candidates in your interviews, you’llreap the benefits through increased productivity across the board.