Quotes About Efficiency

Lot of work can be completed by 7 A.M.; people who wake up at 10 and 11 don't know what they are missing.

I get work done in half the time if the family is still asleep. When my family wakes up, I've already had a productive morning and am ready to enjoy breakfast with them before I start conquering the rest of my day.

The thing that wakes me up in the morning is tryna maximize my day, every single day.

Executives are waking up to realize that they can do a lot better, save money, make better decisions if they optimize and start thinking geographically and have a location strategy.

For me, personally, waking up before everyone else in my home allows me to work, respond to emails, or read up on current events without any distractions.

Wal-Mart hires average people but squeezes above average performance and results out of them.

At Wal-Mart, if you couldn't explain an idea or a concept in simple terms on one page of paper Sam Walton considered the new idea too complicated to implement.

Walk into a Chase branch and we can give you so much quicker, better and faster. Like Wal-Mart.

At Wal-Mart, it goes back to Sam Walton and the foundation and business model that we simply operate for less, or everyday low cost. We're known for operating in a very efficient way and then giving those savings to customers.

That walk around the block, that fresh air, is going to help you work more quickly and effectively when you get back.

The 1980s will seem like a walk in the park when compared to new global challenges, where annual productivity increases of 6% may not be enough. A combination of software, brains, and running harder will be needed to bring that percentage up to 8% or 9%.

I'm not big on to-do lists. Instead, I use e-mail and desktop folders and my online calendar. So when I walk up to my desk, I can focus on the e-mails I've flagged and check the folders that are monitoring particular projects and particular blogs.

Now, with Covid, I've realized that the entirety of government can be virtual. You can get to a point where you never have to walk into a government building again.

People think fashion shows take hours - it's 15 minutes. You walk in, do red carpet, take the pictures, you sit down... and then it's over.

Microsoft Research has a thing called the Sense Cam that, as you walk around, it's taking photos all the time. And the software will filter and find the ones that are interesting without having to think, 'Let's get out the camera and get that shot.' You just have that, and software helps you pick what you want.

We used to dial; now we speed dial. We used to read; now we speed read. We used to walk; now we speed walk. And of course, we used to date, and now we speed date. And even things that are by their very nature slow - we try and speed them up, too.

I never knew you were supposed to push off of your feet when you walked. And I tried it, and I walked much faster.

If you're a friend or a relative of George Herbert Walker Bush, Prez 41, or George W. Bush, Prez 43, or any other Bushes, then you know an 18-hole round of golf shouldn't take more than three hours out of your day - there are other important things to do.

Schedule your time. People always ask, 'How do you do it all?' I'm like a walking calendar. I literally make my snacks on a Sunday if I'm traveling on a Tuesday, and I'll pack them before I leave.

We're not too top heavy with executives. I don't have to check with New York or L.A. My crew walks in, we talk about something, and either we do it or we don't. There's not a long, drawn out process.

The important thing is to write when your brain is at its best. Work edits or do outside reading with the rest of the day.

I think that I do my best work when I'm most comfortable.

Any time you can get easy baskets, it's a big deal.

I would say the biggest challenge on any film is always time.