Never let the guy with the broom decide how many elephants can be in the parade. — Merlin Mann Brooms Copy Share Image
People either make things or they don't. Inspiration is a poster. — Merlin Mann Inspiration Copy Share Image
Where you allow your attention to go ultimately says more about you as a human being than anything that you put in… — Merlin Mann Attention Copy Share Image
A lot of the best work I've ever done started out as something completely different because I gave myself permission to have… — Merlin Mann Best work Copy Share Image
If you need to appear on an internet list to know whether you're someone's friend, you may have problems a computer can't… — Merlin Mann Computer Copy Share Image
Everything takes more time than you thought, everything costs more money than you thought, and almost everything turns out not quite as… — Merlin Mann Cost Copy Share Image
Typing in all lowercase is popular among young people, SMS users, and anyone who feels literacy has become too time-consuming. — Merlin Mann Consuming Copy Share Image
Personally, it's changed my game - it's how I think now. Can't imagine writing more than a paragraph in anything that doesn't… — Merlin Mann Changed Copy Share Image
People with tiny glasses and costly shoes can always find a couple of hours to explain how you did it all wrong. — Merlin Mann Couple Copy Share Image
Creative work, summarized: In the time you set aside each day to work your ass off, ignore anything that makes you consider… — Merlin Mann Ass Copy Share Image
It's just that it's mind-boggling to me how many people I encounter every day who are struggling to subsist on a diet… — Merlin Mann Advice Copy Share Image
Go a little easier on yourself, and in so doing, be prepared to make and do things that might seem silly at… — Merlin Mann Be prepared Copy Share Image
I think all of the best nonfiction that has ever been made comes from the result of someone who can't stop thinking… — Merlin Mann Aspect Copy Share Image
Trying to talk somebody out of the stuff that they enjoy in life is like trying to talk them out of their… — Merlin Mann Amount Copy Share Image
Before you sweat the logistics of focus: first, care. Care intensely… Obsessing over the slipperiness of focus, bemoaning the volume of those… — Merlin Mann Care Copy Share Image
You're gonna die. You're gonna die. And nobody's gonna care which version of the iPhone you used to make something on Twitter,… — Merlin Mann Alive Copy Share Image
A priority is observed, not manufactured or assigned. Otherwise, it's necessarily not a priority. — Merlin Mann Funny Copy Share Image
Creative work only seems like a magic trick to people who don't understand that it's ultimately still work. — Merlin Mann Creative Copy Share Image
“Getting organized just means you’ve glued handles onto the various stuff in your life — you’ll still need to pick it up… — Merlin Mann Life Copy Share Image
“Put plainer, my sense is that western culture would be a damn sight poorer today if John Lennon had been forced to… — Merlin Mann Western culture Copy Share Image
Although your time and attention are finite, the demands on your time and attention are infinite. — Merlin Mann Attention Copy Share Image
People will always despise you if you end up doing less stupid BS than they choose to suffer. — Merlin Mann Despise Copy Share Image
You got to be careful to not get too comfortable with incremental improvement. I think sometimes you just got to jump off… — Merlin Mann Be careful Copy Share Image
Don't just play with your phone: go out and produce something. — Merlin Mann Inspirational Copy Share Image
I'm a project manager, not a magician. Magicians have way cooler hats. — Merlin Mann Hats Copy Share Image
Priorities Are Like Arms; If You Think You Have More Than A Couple, You’re Either Lying Or Crazy. — Merlin Mann Arms Copy Share Image
Stop. I’m not going to take any more input until I’ve made something with what I got. — Merlin Mann Going Copy Share Image
Thinking can really be the enemy of action, and thinking can be the enemy of reality. — Merlin Mann Action Copy Share Image
“Task are like Ducks. We should look to shoot them not store them. (paraphrased from Twitter Meeting)” — Merlin Mann Copy Share Image
Workflow is understanding your job, understanding your tools, and then not thinking about it any more. — Merlin Mann Jobs Copy Share Image
By my reckoning, I only need about 200 more takeout coffee cups to complete my bitterly ironic mosaic of Al Gore. — Merlin Mann Als Copy Share Image
Being consistent is way less interesting than being yourself. And if you're not interesting? Good luck with your Big Consistency Project. — Merlin Mann Being yourself Copy Share Image
