Quotes About Efficiency

Your time is the most valuable asset you have; invest it where you get the best returns.

We are all given the same number of hours each day but the way we spend each minute of those hours makes a great difference.

If you don't master your time, it is of a much higher probability that you will become an unconscious slave to people who have mastered theirs.

Life is short; talk fast.

You can do anything, but not everything.

So much of our time is preparation, so much is routine, and so much retrospect, that the path of each man's genius contracts itself to a very few hours.

The easiest way to make ends meet is to get off your own.

Whatever you have, you must either use or lose.

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success

Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets.

Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life.

I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong.

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

Life would be much easier if I had the source code

Don't waste time. Don't let a minute pass doing nothing or doing something that is not as per your wish. Grab hold of each minute and do what you want to do.

Do only one thing at a time. It is lazy people who want to do everything at once.

Proper preparation, prevents poor performance.

Short cuts make for long delays.

At times I think I made a mistake by demonstrating how energetic and efficient I am. It's impossible for them not to take advantage of me. On the days when I wake up feeling far from charitable, I see my husband as a cannibal. He feeds off my vitality, like a vampire. Sometimes, when I'm alone, I lower my guard and collapse in exhaustion.

If you can visualize the food on the plate before you start cooking, it means, inevitably, that you can be more precise with portions: how often have you prepared a roast dinner intended for six but ended up creating enough food for a dozen? Picture it on the plate first, and you'll not only get a better meal but save on waste as well—though do take into consideration the people who'll want second helpings.

Managers are encouraged to focus on complex initiatives like reengineering or learning organizations, without spending time on the basics.

Spend the most time with your best people. ... Talent is the multiplier. THe more energy and attention you invest in it, the greater the yield. The time you spend with your best is, quite simply, your most productive time. ... Persistence directed primarily toward your non-talents is self-destructive. ... You will reprimand yourself, berate yourself, and put yourself through all manner of contortions in an attempt to achieve the impossible.

So this is (a manager's) dilemma: The manager must retain control and focus people on performance. But she is bound by her belief that she cannot force everyone to perform the same way. ... The solution is as elegant as it is efficient: Define the right outcomes and let each person find his own route toward these outcomes.