Quotes About Organization

When people look at all the things I do, they say it's overwhelming, but I don't feel overwhelmed. I get it done. I'm very organized, and it's all tied together.

I am an organization freak. I am such a freak that in my closet, shoes, belts, ties - everything is color-coded and organized that way. Not a shoelace is out of place.

My dad was a commander in the U.S. Navy with three daughters - you can imagine the tight ship that was our family household!

I run a tight ship. The kids are responsible for their own chores. Each morning they unload the dishwasher from the night before then collect eggs from our chickens, and I cook those while they get ready for school.

In tight quarters, it's important to choose small-scale items.

We're probably the opposite of the Osbournes. We run a very tight ship.

I keep a really tight schedule.

Creativity is messy and inefficient. But corporate governance needs to be tight and organized.

As companies grow they acquire a dogma that constrains them.

Successful people create systems so that essential tasks always get done.

Leadership must be established from the top down.

An organization's values tell everyone how they will act inside the walls of the organization. You, as a leader, cannot tolerate any action that goes against those values.

People often attain and hold power within an organization by downplaying their qualifications. "We gain status more readily, and more reliably, by acting just a little less deserving than we actually are.

One of the great paradoxes of management is that the people who pursue leadership positions most ardently are often the wrong people for the job. They're motivated by the prestige the role conveys rather than a desire to promote the goals and values of the organization.

Watson, Sr., was running IBM, he decided they would never have more than four layers from the chairman of the board to the lowest level in the company. That may have been one of the greatest single reasons why IBM was successful.

There are two rooms used as libraries, for which my mother and grandfather keep two separate and opposing systems of organization in their heads—hers by subject, his by the way he feels about the author: Animosity, Betrayed, Curious, Delighted, etc.

Despite the UN secretary-general's grand title, he was named in the UN Charter as the administrator of the organization. For this reason, former secretary-general Kofi Annan described the position as "more secretary than general.

The two offices of memory are collection and distribution.

Tomorrow I purpose to regulate my room.

No mind is thoroughly well-organized that is deficient in a sense of humor.

Kitchen (and people) maintenance is not very complicated. It boils down to two basic precepts: Handle fragile things with care, and clean up your messes as soon as possible. Anything else is extra.

Mothers of the bride and groom can create emergency kits for all those unexpected incidents that pop up. A few items that might be helpful to include are: a mini sewing kit, bandages, breath mints, fabric tape, pen or pencils, crackers or energy bars, a lighter, safety pins, bobby pins, pain medication, a magnifying glass, batteries, a compact mirror, a lint roller, and plenty of tissues.

It began, as it often does, with a woman putting her ducks in a row.

I always like to plan ahead of time and follow up.