Quotes About Efficiency

I have made this letter longer than usual, because I lack the time to make it short.

I have made this letter longer than usual, only because I have not had the time to make it shorter.

Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parceque je n'ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte.

I have only made this letter longer because I have not had the time to make it shorter." ( Letter 16 , 1657)

Now we realize that time is our most valuable resource, and every minute we spend in one of these meetings just sitting there is time wasted.

Everybody tells me what a timesaver the Internet is, and how they can't believe they ever got along without it. And I know what they mean, but every time I use it I wind up wondering what people did with their spare time before computers came along to suck it all up.

Not managing your time and making excuses are two bad habits. Don't put them both together by claiming you 'don't have the time'.

In addition to having the right people on board, you need to keep the bus in good running condition. That may seem obvious, but you'd be surprised how many companies with wonderful intentions trip themselves up by having poor internal communications, or bad coordination between departments, or inadequate follow-through on decisions, or any of a thousand other fundamental management issues that can negate all the positive initiatives those companies undertake.

ECCO was still spending only 5 percent of its revenues on engineering, as compared to 3 percent a decade earlier. That was possible because of the dramatic increase in productivity that accompanied the changes. In 1994, the company had had $70,000 in sales per employee. By 2004, the figure had more than doubled to $156,000 in sales per employee. At the same time, technological advances allowed the company to respond more quickly to customers needs, and to do it at a dramatically lower cost.

Early is on time and on time is late.

Whoever said being anxious gets more accomplished?

That is why effective organizations have monthly board meetings.

test is: can the key trends be shown to the board on no more than two sides of A4 paper?

The best way to do something 'lean' is to gather a tight group of people, give them very little money, and very little time.

If you have to hold an employee accountable, replace that employee with a better one who takes responsibility so you don't have to.

I am a minimalist. I like saying the most with the least.

Efficiency, Peter said, is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right things.

Working right through lunch is a false economy. The value of that extra time at your desk or in saved expenses pales in comparison to the cost of a lost opportunity to learn or grow or to invest in an employee. If you skip lunch or eat lunch alone, you are wasting opportunities.

The amount of money we spend on education is important, but not nearly as important as how the money is spent.

I'm convinced that none of the important achievements in human history were accomplished before ten-thirty or eleven in the morning!"17

We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor.

I think a lot of times people design restaurants with flash in mind. I think you should design restaurants with function in mind. Make sure it's functional and works with what you're trying to accomplish. Design can come later.

Forget about style; worry about results.

When we dive underwater, the spleen contracts as part of the mammalian diving reflex, shooting its supply of oxygenated red blood cells into circulation around the body. The heart rate slows, and blood vessels constrict, directing blood flow away from the extremities and toward major organs. These energy conservation measures kick in so we can use available oxygen more efficiently.