Marc Andreessen on Time Management Quotes

"Focus on the things that only you can do. Delegate or ignore the rest."

"The secret to productivity is to find work that feels like play but looks like work to others."

"Most people spend their time on the urgent instead of the important."

"Don't answer your phone. Let it go to voicemail. If it's important, they'll leave a message."

"I try to keep my calendar as empty as possible so I can react to the most interesting things that happen."

"You have to be ruthless with your time. It's the only asset you can never get back."

"If you can't explain why a meeting is necessary, it shouldn't happen."

"The single most important thing I've learned about time management is: don't keep a schedule."

"I don't do meetings. If you have a schedule, you are a slave to your calendar."

"The 'Anti-Schedule' means you do whatever you want, whenever you want, and you work on whatever is most important at that moment."

"A day without a plan is a day wasted on the trivial."

"The best way to manage your time is to focus on output rather than hours worked."

"Every night before you go to bed, write down the three to five things you're going to get done tomorrow."

"Email is a task list that other people can add items to. Stop letting other people dictate your time."

"Batch your email processing into one or two specific times during the day. Do not keep it open."

"If you find yourself in a meeting where you are not contributing or learning, leave."

"The best time to start working on a hard problem was yesterday. The second best time is now."

"Your time management system should be as simple as possible. Complexity is the enemy of execution."

"Don't spend time on things that don't move the needle."

"Structured procrastination is the art of doing something useful while avoiding something even more important."

"The most productive thing you can do is to think clearly about what you're trying to achieve."

"Stop multitasking. It's just a way to do multiple things poorly at the same time."

"The 'Done List' is just as important as the to-do list. It gives you a sense of accomplishment and momentum."

"A schedule is a way of ensuring you don't do the most important thing because you have to do the next thing."

"Productivity is about the delta between where you are and where you want to be, measured in results."

"The goal is not to be busy. The goal is to be effective."

"Time management is really about energy management. Work when you are at your peak."

"Deep work is where the value is created. Meetings are where the value is discussed."

"Execution is everything. Ideas are cheap, but time is expensive."

"If you are constantly reacting to other people's requests, you are not managing your time; they are."

"Optimize for the long term by being extremely disciplined with your short-term time."

"If you don't have large blocks of uninterrupted time, you can't solve hard problems."

"The speed of your decision-making is the ultimate predictor of your success."