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“Covey’s solution is to prioritise work that is important but not urgent (the blue square in the
diagram). Though this is hard to do on any given day, it is the only way to ensure you are making
progress towards your own goals and dreams, instead of merely reacting to what other people
throw at you. And over time, the more you are dealing with important things before they become
urgent, the fewer ‘urgent and important’ tasks you will have to deal with.
The most obvious way to do this is to work on your own projects first every day, even if it’s only
for half an hour. Whatever interruptions come along later, you will at least have the satisfaction of
having made some progress towards your own goals.”
― Time Management For Creative People
diagram). Though this is hard to do on any given day, it is the only way to ensure you are making
progress towards your own goals and dreams, instead of merely reacting to what other people
throw at you. And over time, the more you are dealing with important things before they become
urgent, the fewer ‘urgent and important’ tasks you will have to deal with.
The most obvious way to do this is to work on your own projects first every day, even if it’s only
for half an hour. Whatever interruptions come along later, you will at least have the satisfaction of
having made some progress towards your own goals.”
― Time Management For Creative People
“Choreographer Twyla Tharp, who directed the opera and dance scenes for the
film Amadeus, has this to say about the film’s portrait of Mozart:
There are no ‘natural’ geniuses… No-one worked harder than
Mozart. By the time he was twenty-eight years old, his hands were deformed because of
all the hours he had spent practicing, performing, and gripping a quill pen to compose…
As Mozart himself wrote to a friend, “People err who think my art comes easily to me. I
assure you, dear friend, nobody has devoted so much time and thought to composition as
I. There is not a famous master whose music I have not industriously studied through
many times.”
― Time Management For Creative People
film Amadeus, has this to say about the film’s portrait of Mozart:
There are no ‘natural’ geniuses… No-one worked harder than
Mozart. By the time he was twenty-eight years old, his hands were deformed because of
all the hours he had spent practicing, performing, and gripping a quill pen to compose…
As Mozart himself wrote to a friend, “People err who think my art comes easily to me. I
assure you, dear friend, nobody has devoted so much time and thought to composition as
I. There is not a famous master whose music I have not industriously studied through
many times.”
― Time Management For Creative People
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