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Lists today are a way of trying to get through the day because we are losing a sense of time.
David ViscottPeople now feel time accelerating. Lists allow them to feel some sense of accomplishment.
David ViscottThe human animal differs from the lesser primates in his passion for lists.
H. Allen SmithWe like lists because we don't want to die.
Umberto EcoThe original lists were probably carved in stone and represented longer periods of time. They contained things like 'Get More Clay. Make Better Oven.'
David ViscottLists are how I parse and manage the world.
Adam SavageLists have always implied social order.
David ViscottPeople are remarkably bad at remembering long lists of goals. I learned this at a professional level when trying to get my high-performance coaching clients to stay on track; the longer their lists of to-dos and goals, the more overwhelmed and off-track they got. Clarity comes with simplicity.
Brendon ButchardI constantly make lists and itineraries and then can't stick to any of them.
Freema AgyemanWhat lists and awards don't measure - and I feel this strongly - is the lasting value of any work of art. They're a snapshot of a moment, and one should always consider their judgments in that context.
Jennifer EganLists are anti-democratic discriminatory elitist and sometimes the print is too small.
David Ives"Life would certainly be easier if we all came equipped with our own personal FAQ lists. When we meet someone, we could pass them a business card with the list on the back, and then step back and let them read before
we tried to talk."
Jeff LindsayA lot of us think we're invincible... but we have to start putting ourselves on the to-do list.
Giuliana RancicI'll settle down when my 'To Do' list is smaller than my 'Been There Done That' list. I always write 'Wake Up' on my To-Do-List so I can at least accomplish one thing a day. Sometimes our stop-doing list needs to be bigger than our to-do list.
Patti DighMy to-do list is so long that it doesn't have an end; it has an event horizon.
Craig BruceOne of the secrets of getting more done is to make a to do list every day keep it visible and use it as a guide to action as you go through the day.
Jean De La Fontaine
Lists today are a way of trying to get through the day because we are losing a sense of time.
People now feel time accelerating. Lists allow them to feel some sense of accomplishment.
The human animal differs from the lesser primates in his passion for lists.
We like lists because we don't want to die.
The original lists were probably carved in stone and represented longer periods of time. They contained things like 'Get More Clay. Make Better Oven.'
Lists are how I parse and manage the world.
Lists have always implied social order.
People are remarkably bad at remembering long lists of goals. I learned this at a professional level when trying to get my high-performance coaching clients to stay on track; the longer their lists of to-dos and goals, the more overwhelmed and off-track they got. Clarity comes with simplicity.
I constantly make lists and itineraries and then can't stick to any of them.
What lists and awards don't measure - and I feel this strongly - is the lasting value of any work of art. They're a snapshot of a moment, and one should always consider their judgments in that context.
Lists are anti-democratic discriminatory elitist and sometimes the print is too small.
"Life would certainly be easier if we all came equipped with our own personal FAQ lists. When we meet someone, we could pass them a business card with the list on the back, and then step back and let them read before
we tried to talk."
A lot of us think we're invincible... but we have to start putting ourselves on the to-do list.
I'll settle down when my 'To Do' list is smaller than my 'Been There Done That' list. I always write 'Wake Up' on my To-Do-List so I can at least accomplish one thing a day. Sometimes our stop-doing list needs to be bigger than our to-do list.
My to-do list is so long that it doesn't have an end; it has an event horizon.
One of the secrets of getting more done is to make a to do list every day keep it visible and use it as a guide to action as you go through the day.