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Youth is an unpleasant period; for then it is not possible or not prudent to be
productive in any sense whatsoever.

—Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher, cultural critic, and poet Resist the short term temptation
of procrastination; the immediate pleasure and relief that it brings does not fare in comparison to
the long lasting damage it does to your dreams and goals.

—Noel DeJesus, author (from his book 44 Day of Leadership, 2013)

Work is a process, and any process needs to be controlled. To make work
productive, therefore, requires building the appropriate controls into the process
of work.

—Peter F. Drucker, management consultant, educator, and author

Don’t interpret anything too much. This is time waster Number 1.

—Dee Dee Artner, author and behavioral expert

If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the human race has not
achieved, and never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be
“meetings.”

—Dave Barry, author and columnist

Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn’t the work he is supposed to
be doing at that moment.

—Robert Benchley, author