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title: "9 Productive People Quotes by 9 authors"
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> [I surround myself with positive, productive people of good will and decency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-nugent/i-surround-myself-with-positive-productive-people-of-good-will-and/)

[Ted Nugent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-nugent/)

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> [Machines Need to be Productive. People Need to be Effective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-william-benson/machines-need-to-be-productive-people-need-to-be-effective/)

[James William Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-william-benson/)

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> [The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favor of holding meetings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/the-least-productive-people-are-usually-the-ones-who-are-most-in/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/290/thomas-sowell-247_meetings_the-least-productive-people-are-usually_2104899.jpg)

> [“Great managers play favorites and spend most of their time with their most productive people. Not because they discriminate, but because they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/curt-coffman/great-managers-play-favorites-and-spend-most-of-their-time-with-their/)

[Curt Coffman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/curt-coffman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/945/curt-coffman-60221_employee-engagement_great-managers-play-favorites-and-spend_1338077.jpg)

> [We've got gays working there. If they can demonstrate long-term relationships, we make same-sex benefits available just as we do with common-law…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-coors/we-ve-got-gays-working-there-if-they-can-demonstrate-long-term/)

[Pete Coors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-coors/)

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> [“When you surround yourself with wonderful, productive people, you become enhanced. Your level of happiness increases, which is your success.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ron-baratono/when-you-surround-yourself-with-wonderful-productive-people-you/)

[Ron Baratono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ron-baratono/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01f/ron-baratono-11493_enhance_when-you-surround-yourself-with-wonderfu_2884488.jpg)

> [Some of the most productive people in history have been self-confessed 'muck-middens,' as my husband would say: Agatha Christie, Benjamin Franklin and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-garraway/some-of-the-most-productive-people-in-history-have-been-self/)

[Kate Garraway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-garraway/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/907/kate-garraway-6524_even_some-of-the-most-productive-people-in-hi_592070.jpg)

> [“We often think that combining tasks will save us time, but scientific evidence shows that it has the opposite effect. Even those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hector-garcia-puigcerver/we-often-think-that-combining-tasks-will-save-us-time-but-scientific/)

[Hector Garcia Puigcerver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hector-garcia-puigcerver/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a70/hector-garcia-puigcerver-56126_science_we-often-think-that-combining-tasks-will_827830.jpg)

> [People are happiest when they're the most productive. People enjoy tasks, especially creative tasks, when the tasks are in the optimal-challenge zone:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-s-raymond/people-are-happiest-when-they-re-the-most-productive-people-enjoy/)

[Eric S. Raymond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-s-raymond/)

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