ON PRODUCTIVITY

Jessica Hynes, actor and writer: ‘I’m always telling my husband, “There’s no success, there’s only process.” When you’re engaged with something and you’ve got it started, you’re well on the way.’ Caroline Britton (right): ‘That is the thing with inactivity – it’s often rooted in a fear of failure. The fear becomes self-fulfilling; we fail because we never start.’ Kristina Karlsson, founder of Kikki.k (right): ‘Putting a dream in writing is the first step to achieving it. Once it’s down on paper, it’s committed and you’re on your way.’ Sarah Knight, author (below): ‘If you’re feeling overwhelmed (and, consequently, like a failure), the flaw in this scenario is not that you’re not up to the task/tasks; it’s that there are far too many of them for one person to realistically handle. Rather than martyr yourself to the cause, recruit reinforcements instead.’