Time-Blocking Quotes

“the secret to productivity is not managing your time but managing your focus.”
― Luke Seavers, Time-Blocking: Your Method to Supercharge Productivity & Reach Your Goals

“reason why you need to choose only three tasks brings us back to the concept of focus. When we can dedicate our workday to extreme focus on just three things, we are able to achieve more by doing less.”
― Luke Seavers, Time-Blocking: Your Method to Supercharge Productivity & Reach Your Goals

“Do not worry about tomorrow . . . each day has enough trouble of its own.”
― Luke Seavers, Time-Blocking: Your Method to Supercharge Productivity & Reach Your Goals

“Making the Tradeoff Not all tasks are created equal, and by continuing to view all the tasks on our To-Do list as equal, I fear we are destined for a life of frustration and unfulfilled dreams. We may wake up one day and realize that our life has passed us by, and we wasted it. Stop allowing the high of “getting stuff done” deceive you into believing you’re being productive. What we must do is determine the essential tasks and give them our focus. It is the only way you will have success with Time-Blocking. If you Time-Block every hour of your day but don’t achieve the most important tasks, reach your goals, and achieve your highest purpose, then what good is it? What you need to understand is that saying “yes” to the essential tasks, requires saying “no” to almost all others.”
― Luke Seavers, Time-Blocking: Your Method to Supercharge Productivity & Reach Your Goals

“When it comes to goal-setting, we would do well to use a slightly modified version of Peter Drucker’s “SMART Goals” as a guide. Any goal we set should be: Specific Measurable Actionable Realistic Time-Bound (As my colleague Thomas Heath has pointed out to me, the original SMART Goals used the word “Attainable” as letter A; however, this should already be a given. He prefers using “Actionable” here, as this is serves as a better guide for setting goals we can easily convert to actionable steps, and I completely agree.)”
― Luke Seavers, Time-Blocking: Your Method to Supercharge Productivity & Reach Your Goals

“To determine our essentials, we need to start with this foundational question because, without it, we will continue living our lives by default. We can implement the Time-Blocking Method all we want, but without a sense of purpose and intentionality, we will only be achieving productivity for productivity’s sake. Not only that, but the sheer ability to get a lot of stuff done is not ultimately going to provide you with the motivation you need to keep moving forward. You need to answer the question for yourself, “Why am I even doing any of this?” so that at the end of your productivity journey, you can look back and see that it was all for something bigger than yourself. I recognize this is no small question, and for those who have never pondered it before, I wouldn’t expect you to have an answer now; but I hope you will start on a journey to learn your purpose. Often connected with this larger question, is the question of, What are the things that you value most? Right now, most of us could easily articulate that we value things like family, relationships, creativity, hard work, making money, self-care, God, religion, giving back, or enjoying life. But these concepts, unfortunately, are way too vague, and ultimately, unhelpful to provide any real direction in your life. These so-called “values” could be applied to anyone and everyone. They are not specific enough to you. For instance, if you say you value relationships, what do you mean? Relationships with whom? Everyone you meet on the street? Your coworkers? Your spouse? All of your Facebook friends? Your best friend? The truth is you don’t actually value all relationships. My guess is, when you say you value relationships, you have a select few people in mind. You know that trying to build a friendship with everyone you meet would be unrealistic. For the most outgoing person, it would be impossible, even if you tried. That’s because if you invested an equal amount of energy into every person you know, then all of your relationships—especially your closest ones—would suffer. By making every relationship in your life important, you make none of them important. So, you have to get specific about the thing in which you value. Again, you most likely already know, but I would encourage you take a moment to articulate those specifics and write them down. But let’s take it a step deeper. You may say that you value your relationship with your spouse or significant other. That’s great! But if you never go on dates with them, buy them gifts, or say nice things to them, one might question how much you really value that relationship.”
― Luke Seavers, Time-Blocking: Your Method to Supercharge Productivity & Reach Your Goals

“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.”
― Luke Seavers, Time-Blocking: Your Method to Supercharge Productivity & Reach Your Goals

“The Time-Blocking Method is a replacement for your To-Do list of busywork. Yes, it is a To-Do list of sorts, but it’s a more intentional one, focused on the essential tasks.”
― Luke Seavers, Time-Blocking: Your Method to Supercharge Productivity & Reach Your Goals

“Rule #1 of Time-Blocking is to maintain single-focus.”
― Luke Seavers, Time-Blocking: Your Method to Supercharge Productivity & Reach Your Goals

“When I say that focus is a commodity, what I mean is that it is an actual currency that we are spending way too frivolously. Just like money, it is something we need to learn to manage.”
― Luke Seavers, Time-Blocking: Your Method to Supercharge Productivity & Reach Your Goals

“saying “no” to a person or opportunity is often saying “yes” to yourself.”
― Luke Seavers, Time-Blocking: Your Method to Supercharge Productivity & Reach Your Goals

“Time-Blocking your breaks will allow you to form this important habit of resting, giving you a chance to recharge and reset your focus to get the most out of your workday.”
― Luke Seavers, Time-Blocking: Your Method to Supercharge Productivity & Reach Your Goals