Quotes About Efficiency

The efficiency of energy conversion is simply the ratio of desirable output to initial input.

An abundance of useful energy underlies and explains all the gains—from better eating to mass-scale travel; from mechanization of production and transport to instant personal electronic communication—that have become norms rather than exceptions in all affluent countries.

Carol Jordan had been the perfect boss as far as she was concerned.

That was one of the reasons she'd liked working for Carol Jordan. The boss cared about her results, not the minutiae of how she got them, provided that nothing Stacey did was going to come back and bite them in the arse at a later stage.

To get to 10 employees, founders must delegate activities in which they are weak. To get to 50 employees, they have to delegate functions in which they are strong!

focus on three deliverables: • Reduce by 80% the time it takes the top team to manage the business (operational activities) • Refocus the senior team on market-facing activities • Realign everyone else (onto the same page) to drive execution and results

establish an effective daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual meeting Rhythm to keep everyone in the loop. Those who pulse faster, grow faster.

Do you have the "right people doing the right things right" inside the organization?

Leaders have to balance two often competing demands on the business — People and Process. This

Individuals or organizations with too many priorities have no priorities and risk spinning their wheels and accomplishing nothing of significance.

think of Amazon's "two-pizza rule" — no team should be so big that it can't be fed with two pizzas).

The 75 Measures Every Manager Needs to Know, by Bernard Marr.

Individuals or organizations with too many priorities have no priorities and risk spinning their wheels and accomplishing nothing of significance. In turn, laser-focusing everyone on a single priority — today, this week, this quarter, this year, and the next decade — creates clarity and power throughout the organization.

Who, What, When (WWW): Improve the impact of your weekly meetings by taking a few minutes at the end and summarizing Who said they are going to do What, When.

Disminuir en un 80% el tiempo que le lleva al equipo clave dirigir la compañía (actividades operativas).

In fact, a mere 535 elected senators and representatives can hardly become acquainted with, much less even read, some 175,496 pages of the Federal Register or monitor 2.7 million employees—without the enlistment of more bureaucrats to monitor bureaucrats.12

à des résultats magnifiques par des voies étroites

According to the health-efficiency index compiled by Bloomberg News, which combines longevity and healthcare spending into a single metric for almost every country, the United States is second from the bottom, better only than Bulgaria.

Tradition is what you resort to when you don't have the time or the money to do it right.

A slippery bunch, the fairer sex. On a grand scale, they couldn't get much done.

Inside the opponent's 45-yard line, facing anything less than fourth and eight, teams are better off going for it than punting. Inside the opponent's 33-yard line, they are better off going for it on anything less than fourth and 11.* Regardless of field position, on anything less than fourth and five, teams are always better off going for it.

They use a fossil fuel in a most inefficient manner, even though I am certain that, even with their primitive technology, they know better. I think they may even hide efficiency inventions, as nobody could be that stupid.

How terrifyingly efficient she sounds," said Stephen. "I think I should faint in her presence.

I'm not a social person. Not that I'm not at ease. I'm pretty good, but it bores me. Not the people, but the whole thing. What for? It's not very productive. I only want to do what I have to do: fashion, photography, books. And that's all.