Quotes About Organization

Too often, companies focus on systems and structures that facilitate cultural change at the mid-management level, overlooking problems closer to the top.

You know, back in the 1950s and '60s, when J. Edgar Hoover was making the FBI the respected organization it used to be, oftentimes they would find a fugitive and basically have his house surrounded, and then put out a press release saying he was on the top 10 most wanted list. And 10 minutes later, he'd be arrested.

I've been in martial arts for so many years, so to hold the belt of UFC and be on top of the biggest organization, it will be represented in this belt.

But it seemed to me that as soon as you have computer storage you could put every point you wanted in - make the ones that are less relevant to your central topic, further away or allow the central topic to move as the reader proceeded.

I feel like the business side came more naturally to me along with the product design side, but managing and effectively leading large organizations of people is something that is perpetually challenging and the topic on which I am constantly looking for good advice.

There are two big benefits from moving conversations from a mode where you're addressing individuals, or groups of individuals, to addressing a channel which is a topic, a project, a functional discipline, or whatever.

One night I couldn't sleep at three in the morning and I thought, I'm going to color-coordinate my closet. And I did. There's a whole system. It goes from white to black and then all the colors in the middle. Then it goes by tank tops to T-shirts to long sleeves, and then it goes to the next color. Then it goes to sweaters the same way.

At home I've got 1,500 cook books and the spines have all gone, the pages are all torn - it's chaos.

Day 1, when I was drafted to the Toronto Raptors, they had this stigma on them: Every guy leaves. Nobody wants to be here. Superstars, nobody wants to play in Canada. From Day 1, my whole mindset and approach to the game, being in Toronto, was I wanted to change that whole narrative to that whole organization.

If I can do something in less than one minute, I don't let myself procrastinate. I hang up my coat, put newspapers in the recycling, scan and toss a letter. Ever since I wrote about this rule in 'The Happiness Project,' I've been amazed by how many people have told me that it has made a huge difference in their lives.

Insane sects grow with the same rhythm as big organizations. It is the rhythm of total destruction.

To receive this award from an organization I admire so much makes me totally happy and grateful.

The state must be the first to be organized and totally committed to serving the interests of the people.

The state must be the first to be organized and totally committed to serving the interests of the people. We must always be clear that the example is set at the top.

I keep my guns on one part of the house totally locked up, and I keep the ammunition in another part of the house.

It won't do away with hierarchy totally, but the principal leader will be the person who most exemplifies the kind of organization and behavior required who is best able to create the conditions such organizations require.

The way you manage your company and the way you manage your people has to be totally different.

The universe is incredibly more orderly than it has any right to be.

El reto es ejecutar las metas más importantes sin dejar aquello que es urgente.

You put your time where your priority is.

I think, therefore a single fertilized egg cell can replicate itself into trillions of specialized and exquisitely organized cells.

My main idea was to create a sports facility for the basics. This is why I established the club.

I would like to see anyone be able to achieve their dreams, and that's what this organization does.

Imagine consultants coming into an organization to help people look at their most routine daily action … as extensions of the creative process.