Quotes About Effectiveness

Activity does not mean achievement

As disciplinary norms lost their effectiveness, television was crafted into a machinery of regulation, introducing previously unknown effects of subjection and supervision. This is why television is a crucial and adaptable part of a relatively long transition (or changing of the guard) lasting several decades, between a world of older disciplinary institutions and one of 24.7 control.

Emotional reasoning is among the most common of all cognitive distortions; most people would be happier and more effective if they did less of it.

This ancient idea deserves respect, and it is certainly true that changing your mind is usually a more effective response to frustration than is changing the world.

activismo y actividad. En el primer caso, uno se mueve intensamente de acá para allá, pero con poco fruto, es un movimiento que se hace de cara a la galería, de escasa productividad, que suena mucho hacia fuera, pero tiene pocos resultados. En cambio, el segundo es menos ruidoso, pero más efectivo: labor callada, lenta y de resultados prometedores.

A miracle drug is any drug that will do what the label says it will do.

Peter Drucker said, "There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all."2

Cycle after cycle, the team is working hard, but the business is not seeing results. Managers trained in a traditional model draw the logical conclusion: our team is not working hard, not working effectively, or not working efficiently.

We've discussed the telltale signs of the need to pivot: the decreasing effectiveness of product experiments and the general feeling that product development should be more productive. Whenever you see those symptoms, consider a pivot.

Compare two startups. The first company sets out with a clear baseline metric, a hypothesis about what will improve that metric, and a set of experiments designed to test that hypothesis. The second team sits around debating what would improve the product, implements several of those changes at once, and celebrates if there is any positive increase in any of the numbers. Which startup is more likely to be doing effective work and achieving lasting results?

which of our efforts are value-creating and which are wasteful?

As Peter Drucker said, "There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all."2

As Peter Drucker said, "There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.

The true measure of effectiveness for the new Environmental Protection Agency will be how fast they put themselves out of business.

The only real measure of the effectiveness of my teaching is what happens in the mind of the person learning.

Click here' is not a call to action, because I will only take action with a reason, and clicking is no reason. Remove the 'Click here' from any link, and it will be clearer and more direct. (The only time I ever use 'Click here' is when it is not at all obvious that the target is clickable, which should never really happen.)

Nevertheless, the perceived stigma of borrowing from the discount window was and remains a formidable barrier to its effectiveness.

As Hank moved from one issue to another, pressing for solutions or more analysis, I could see why he had been an effective CEO.

its effectiveness greatly diminished after loan recipients were identified.

The left no longer makes arguments about policies' effectiveness. Their only argument is character assassination

Follow effective action with quiet reflection. From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.

The U.N. must be made more inclusive, accountable, democratic, effective, and reflective of a world in which political and economic power has shifted.

I'm running for controller to ensure our government reflects the values of the people of California and increases prosperity by managing our finances smartly, efficiently and effectively.

I believe the only measure of government response shouldn't be how much we spend on a situation, but rather how well we spend.