Quotes About Efficiency

Basically, a manager's job is to make other people more productive. What's one really good way to do that? Do the work that is getting in their way. Which means find out what kind of important work your developers dislike the most, and do it for them.

I hate it, but a popout is the same as a strikeout. It's a matter of productive at-bats, a matter of how you do it.

If your focus in life is on being productive, when things are not happening... one has to ask oneself, 'Is this worth a grown man's time?'

Because of the increased efficiency of machines, it is getting harder and harder for a human to make a productive contribution to society.

It feels good to be productive.

I don't know about actually doing real productive work on my own car.

As for my schedule, I tend to go to bed at the same time every night and get up at the same time every morning, and I try to be as productive as possible. Some days, I can devote to one specific thing. Other days, it's a catch-all day.

We all wish that we could be more productive.

I don't give a damn what anybody says. I don't think at 70 and 75 that you can be as productive and efficient as you were when you were 40 or 50.

A less healthy America is not going to be as productive.

You're actually making the rest of your day productive by spending 30 minutes reviewing your to-do's, prioritizing them, and ruthlessly removing things that shouldn't be there.

I learned, even when all hell is breaking loose, first to take time to make my environment productive.

I can't go out there and be gassed and trying to go out there and make a play just for individual stats. Got to do the best thing for the team, which is to put myself out there when it's most productive for us.

As our farms and factories grew more efficient, they accounted for a shrinking share of our economy. And the more productive agriculture and manufacturing became, the fewer people they employed.

I used to think I was a night owl. I realized I'm not, because I have energy at night, but I'm not as focused and productive when I try to get things done.

If I can get some time off and still be productive and go 85-90 percent of the plays, that's fine with me.

Research suggests that someone who is constantly drawing on their creative abilities can, on average, be productive for no more than six hours a day.

I don't physically have the strength to be productive at work following a three-hour sleep. I can't do that.

I'm by far my most creative and my most productive early in the day.

That's not my position to compare myself to other guys. I look at it as can I be productive, can I get the job done?

Be productive, but be productive consistently.

Something I've always prided myself on is not only can you be highly productive, but can you be highly productive continuously.

I don't feel productive if I'm not working a lot.

I want to be as productive as possible, however that is, as productive as I can be for the team the rest of my career.