Quotes About Efficiency

The best and most abiding success is that which is made before eight o'clock in the morning.

Power grows out of ORGANIZED KNOWLEDGE, but, mind you, it "grows out of it" through application and use!

With few exceptions, the man who cannot follow a leader intelligently, cannot become an efficient leader.

The efficient leader leads by encouraging, and not by trying to instil fear in the hearts of his followers. The leader who tries to impress his followers with his "authority" comes within the category of leadership through force. If a leader is a real leader, he will have no need to advertise that fact except by his conduct— his sympathy, understanding, fairness, and a demonstration that he knows his job.

Spending too much time making "calls" instead of sales. A call is not an interview. An interview is not a sale.

When a man, whether he is a leader or follower, admits that he is "too busy" to change his plans, or to give attention to any emergency, he admits his inefficiency. The successful leader must be the master of all details connected with his position.

It has many advantages, the main one being that it will often save from one to five years of time in reaching a chosen goal.

untidy, and out-of-date materials denote disorganization and a lack of interest on the part of the salesperson.

lo importante es ser productivo y no el estar ocupado

Es más eficiente dejar que los demás cometan errores que confiar en acertar uno a la primera.

Mit der Zeit verwarf ich die Idee des Briefes und nahm an wenn schon sei es praktischer gleich mit dem Meisterwerk zu beginnen.

Foster children could pack quickly. Every move Matt had ever made took only minutes, whereas when real people moved, they spent weeks getting ready, filling huge vans and leaving a trail of cardboard cartons across an entire yard. One suitcase, one box, one duffel bag, one bookbag, and Matt would be done.

Stop being picky!" yelled Mandy. "You're down to twelve minutes and you still have to swipe your credit card!

Things sure are easy to get done when you're old and everyone thinks you're senile.

Bossy as hell, ain't you?" "I prefer to think of it as highly acute organizational skills." "That's just fancy talk for bossy," he argued. "Words are words.

Keep everything going at once and organized." He shrugged. "It's not so hard. Visualize the end, and start at the beginning.

Ozzie arranged it, and more quickly than I would have thought possible. A million things could stall a plan like this.

Rushing, rushing, rushing. We are always rushing. Never have enough time here, always trying to make our way there. Need to have left here five minutes ago, need to be there now.

The telegraph kept this all moving fast. The whole transaction between Wheeling and Washington took place in a matter of hours, and could have done so if the ends were San Francisco and Washington. So now, of course, a man could make a stupid decision much faster. So Hayes's natural caution made sense.

Unless you're really lucky, you're probably not getting paid to be smart. And you aren't getting paid to be a leading expert in the latest technologies. You work for an institution that is, most likely, trying to make money. Your job is to do something that helps the organization meet that goal. All of this careful thought and preparation has made you ready to show up at work and start kicking ass for your company.

We're being paid to create value. This means getting up out of our reading chairs and getting things done. To be successful, raw ability will get you only so far. The final stretch is populated by closers—people who finish things.

When we look at really good high-performing companies abroad, they are always at the back of an extremely high-performing board, and that is something which is very lacking in this country.

I knew I could always work harder and be better and show I'm more prepared. I had a whole science to, like, how you have to arrive 17 minutes early to something. If you're 20 minutes early, that means you're too eager, but 17 minutes gives you time to, like, settle, sign in, use the ladies' room, have some water, and get comfortable.

I always clean before the cleaning lady comes. If not, when I come home, I can't find anything. Cleaning ladies are always hiding things you leave out.