Quotes About Efficiency

El sistema económico del libre mercado es comúnmente considerado un sistema de lucro, pero en realidad se trata de un sistema de ganancias y pérdidas, y las pérdidas son tan importantes como el lucro para la eficiencia de la economía, porque informan a los productores de lo que deben dejar de hacer, de lo que deben dejar de producir, de dónde deben dejar de asignar recursos, de en qué deben dejar de invertir.

Affaires meant 'business.' How like the French to kill two birds with one stone.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness—to save oneself trouble. Agatha Christie

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. —Henry Ford industrialist

If you want a job, and you're not as good as the next guy, then work longer than the next guy. Work faster. Be there before him–because talented people show up late, and sometimes shit needs to get done. —Kevin Costner actor

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You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks. - Winston Churchill Whatever you do, do it well.

You don't get paid for the hour. You get paid for the value you bring to the hour. - Jim Rohn

You can do anything, but not everything. - David Allen

Don't let the things that matter least to you rob time from the things that matter most to you.

Such philosophical musings risk inviting depression or inefficiency. Better just to fix the problem and move on to the next one. It's all part of being a service provider at the end of the line.

Do you know what accounts for most research delays? Interruptions that have nothing to do with the research whatsoever.

To become a brand, you've got to become relentlessly focused on what you do that adds value. And I promise you can add value to whatever job you're doing now. Can you do what you do faster and more efficiently? If so, why not document what it would take to do so and offer it to your boss as something all employees might do? Do you initiate new projects on your own and in your spare time? Do you search out ways to save or make your company more money?

Scrupulously update your lists so that you're constantly focused on the people who are most important to you, and so that you are able to filter both outbound and inbound messages. You want to be getting everything your "1"s are putting out into their newstreams, daily; "2"s you may want to check in on only once a week or month; "3"s once a month or quarterly. Build these "tours" into your work schedule.

If you do not have a defined process that moves your people forward so the can achieve greater results, then what is it you are managing?

Brains in the head saves blisters on the feet.

Sweat is a waste of whiskey.

The most expensive part of building is the mistakes.

When things are simple, fewer mistakes are made. The most expensive part of a building is the mistakes.

She read it over, decided it was too complicated for Memo , and ran it through an app called MyTxt4Dummies.

There was no need to call the meeting to order. Robots are orderly by default.

Software comes from heaven when you have good hardware.

Creative teams have a distinctive personality and come together to do something specific. They are together only for as long as they want to be or have to be to get the job done.

Experiments document that while negative emotions narrow attention . . . positive emotions, especially joy, make thought patterns far more flexible, creative, integrative and efficient.