Quotes About Performance

You know something, Stu?' Reagan said to Stuart Spencer. 'Politics is just like show business... You begin with a hell of an opening, you coast for a while, & you end with a hell of a closing.

But even as the words were coming out of his mouth, he was slightly despising himself for saying them. It was what girls liked to hear though. Every now and again Dex found himself feeling like an actor who'd been performing in the same stage play for far too long. The lines came out automatically, irrespective of whether or not they were true.

Homework strongly indicates that the teachers are not doing their jobs well enough during the school day. It's not like they'll let you bring your home stuff to school and work on it there. You can't say, 'I didn't finish sleeping at home, so I have to work on finishing my sleep here.

marksmanship on the rifle range was not as good as his drill instructors expected. Some called his work "sloppy." When

Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many players on the field

Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?

The author relates that Mickey Mantle did not expect to play one day and showed up extremely hung over. He was nevertheless called on to pitch and smashed a towering home run to an enthusiastic ovation. He related to his teammates, "Those people don't know how tough that was.

This was an important part of my life. But it was also sad that we didn't play there, cause we had such alot of fans that were waiting for us and Brazilians are great people. It's now my second home.

I love playing ego and insecurity combined.

Letting the wrong people hang around is unfair to all the right people, as they inevitably find themselves compensating for the inadequacies of the wrong people. Worse, it can drive away the best people. Strong performers are intrinsically motivated by performance, and when they see their efforts impeded by carrying extra weight, they eventually become frustrated.

Mediocrity results first and foremost from management failure, not technological failure.

The party line is that stocks historically have outperformed all other investment plans.

Well, numerous studies have shown that on average nonvirtualized enterprise servers are only running at about 5% to 10% utilization.

When things are done right, be emotional. When things are done poorly, be nonemotional, matter-of-fact, and consequential.

I was very interested in theatre, mostly in stage design. I did a little bit of acting.

The agile value "Delivering Value over Meeting Constraints" provides a focus for rethinking how we measure performance on projects.

The agile value "Delivering Value over Meeting Constraints" provides a focus for rethinking how we measure performance on projects. Although constraints such as cost and time are important, they should be secondary to creating value for customers. All too often, we focus on what is easily measurable and ignore really important characteristics that are harder to quantify. Agile development attempts to change that bias and focus on the most important things, and value is at the top of that list.

Agile organizations must adhere to the same values as agile teams: • Delivering value over meeting constraints • Leading the team over managing tasks • Adapting to change over conforming to plans Executives and managers need to lead their organizations in living these values and taking actions based on them—and one of the critical areas on which they need to take action is measuring performance in ways that encourage their organizations to embrace agility.

Know this about yourself: there is only one reason professional salespeople lose orders-- they are outsold.

Are you surrounded by rock stars or lip-synchers?

THE POWER OF FULL ENGAGEMENT Old Paradigm New Paradigm Manage time Manage energy Avoid stress Seek stress Life is a marathon Life is a series of sprints Downtime is wasted time Downtime is productive time Rewards fuel performance Self-discipline rules Purpose fuels performance Rituals rule

if you find talented people and equip them with the right skills for the challenge at hand, they will perform at their best. In our experience that often isn't so. Energy is the X factor that makes it possible to fully ignite

We focused instead on helping them to manage their energy more effectively in the service of whatever mission they were on.

Positive energy rituals—highly specific routines for managing energy—are the key to full engagement and sustained high performance.