Quotes About Efficiency

I have very often held a view - and I am public about it - that if you run your operations inefficiently, you can't expect your consumer to pay for your inefficiencies.

I'm a good operator: good with food and good with math.

I want to see you use your brain. Get the job done efficiently. I want to see an intelligent operator at work. And apart from that, to stay on my good side, just do as you're told.

I like to do all the talking myself.  It saves time, and prevents arguments." "But

Lord Henry had not yet come in. He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.

Punctuality is but the thief of time

Punctuality is the thief of time.

Lord Henry had not come in yet. He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.

He was always late on principle, his principle being that punctuality is the thief of time.

As Shakespeare says, if you're going to do a thing you might as well pop right at it and get it over.

Well, there it is. That's Jeeves. Where others merely smite the brow and clutch the hair, he acts. Napoleon was the same.

You can't press your suit and another fellow's trousers simultaneously.

As Shakespeare says, if you're going to do a thing you might just as well pop right at it and get it over.

Mrs. Pett, like most other people, subconsciously held the view that the ruder a person is the more efficient he must be. It is but rarely that any one is found who is not dazzled by the glamour of incivility.

Promptitude—Courtesy—Intelligence

You must always work not just within but below your means. If you can handle three elements, handle only two. If you can handle ten, then handle five. In that way the ones you do handle, you handle with more ease, more mastery and you create a feeling of strength in reserve.

don't hesitate to insulate your house, especially the floor.

Devote your entire will power to mastering one thing at a time; do not scatter your energies, nor leave something half done to begin a new venture.

It is never a question of belief ; the only scientific attitude one can take on any subject is whether it is true . The law of gravitation worked as efficiently before Newton as after him.

Father made a fetish out of performing tasks the correct way. There was an efficiency and economy of his motions that I always found a pleasure to watch and a pain to mimic.

Effective leaders are able to manage the tensions of these two objectives and ensure that the team regularly addresses its processes. They understand that processes are the best vehicle through which the team both works together and thinks together, and the team cannot perform any better than its processes will allow it to.

In the world of teams and teamwork I often find the belief that to work and communicate effectively, team members must be close comrades. In fact, this is a common misperception. Although team members don't need to know one another very well personally to perform as a team, they do need to know one another's abilities and potential contributions.

They perform well, not because they like one another or even know one another, but because they know how to work together.

Crystal clear roles characterize high performance teams. Every team member is clear about his or her particular role as well as those of the other team members.