Allison Graham > Quotes

“If a problem repeats itself in your life – fix it. If you don’t invest time today to buy back time tomorrow the same habit will repeat forever.”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

“To completely eliminate natural distractions from the workday is unrealistic. It’s better to embrace human nature and allow for these distractions in a way that accentuates your natural rhythms.”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

“In the stop we find the best answers. As the old saying goes, slow down to speed up.”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

“Calling everything that goes wrong “stress” is a cop out. The blanket term is a slippery slope that can contribute to feeling you have no control over your “stressful” life. You do!”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

“A better system to manage your to-do list won’t liberate days each month. It’s not the system, it’s the how you allocate your mental, emotional and physical capacity that steals your productivity.”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

“Stress is a balancing act. Too much = burnout. Too little = boredom. In the middle is where you find your superpowers.”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

“Time freedom is found by shifting how you allocate your emotional, mental and physical capacity each day toward tasks, obstacles and adversities.”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

“Want to be more productive? Uncover the subtle nuances that steal your productivity and fix those.”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

“Your to-do list is not a predator. If it’s causing you stress, then finding a state of peace is out of your reach.”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

“Either it’s your brain’s responsibility to remember a task or it’s your list’s responsibility. Not both. Write it and forget it.”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

“Typically, when we face a challenge, we immediately look for a solution. It feels logical, but solution-first thinking is not the best way to solve problems. First, you need to go to the heart of the issue. Then solutions have a fighting chance to stick.”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

“The tasks that need to be done are not the problem. It’s the negative emotional and mental connection to the unfinished tasks that’s the problem.”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

“The time thieves that cause destructive stress are waiting to be uncovered. Remove these from your work week and watch your outputs per hour soar.”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

“What if you worked without destructive stress? How much better would your life be?”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

“Many people don’t realize they are caught in the vortex of stress and that’s why they lack joy in their day-to-day life.”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

“A to-do list doesn’t end. The finish line always moves. Chasing its completion is a game you can win. It’s not a list. It’s a Task Circle.”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

“If your to-do list influences your mood, your happiness is a risk.”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

“Humans weren’t built for long-term stress. Research has proven that sustained, unmanaged stress can lead to health challenges and a lower quality of life.”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

“Not all stress is bad. In fact, stress-done-right can be a highly effective tool to drive your success.”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

“Longing for a sense of peace, fulfillment and happiness? These are absolutely possible through resilience! It just takes small tweaks to find joy in your day-to-day.”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

“Rest contributes to achieving bigger goals more easily and living a more enjoyable life.”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

“Maybe what you’re living in not a “stressful” life. What if it’s just life?”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

“With a few small tweaks to your workday, spinning in the vortex of stress can stop!”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

“There’s lost time hiding everywhere and it’s waiting for you to claim it!”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

“We need downtime to recover. When we work for hours on end, even when we’re on a roll, performance can dwindle.”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

“Small tweaks yield the biggest results. You don’t have to overhaul your whole productivity system to minimize overwhelm.”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

“If your satisfaction is only tied to achieving big goals, you may wait weeks, months or years to feel accomplished. Get emotionally fired-up by completing small milestones to gain momentum.”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

“Want to feel less stressed? Then you need to make friends with stress. Leverage good stress and minimize typical destructive stress.”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.

“To Take Back Your Weekends you have three choices:
1. Work longer hours during the week.
2. Stop doing some of the tasks you’re doing. 3. Change the way you approach the work you do.
Option three is the most powerful.”
― Allison Graham, Take Back Your Weekends: Stress Less. Do More. Be Happier.