Marc Andreessen on Time Management Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

"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."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"The most successful people I know are the ones who have the most control over their own time."

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

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

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

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

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