Quotes About Optimization

Evolution advances, not by a priori design, but by the selection of what works best out of whatever choices offer. We are the products of editing, rather than of authorship.

on first priority in design consideration is the full realization of individual potential in order to reach the second derivative full realization for all individuals

a website without SEO is like a car with no gas

Which 20% of sources are causing 80% of my problems and unhappiness? Which 20% of sources are resulting in 80% of my desired outcomes and happiness?

Food, like your money, should be working for you!

Eliminate agencies that perform redundant functions... Get rid of the Department of Commerce, the Department of Education, the Department of Energy.

Whatever the life form, evolution selects for economy of resources.

I like to see how I can do it for less money.

You cannot look too much at the result, you need to also look at yourself and what you've done, how you have maximised the machinery that you have.

We don't have as many managers as we should, but we would rather have too few than too many.

Management, whether you're managing in the lower division or you're right at the top, is about getting the best out of what you've got.

Nature rarely wastes a winning strategy.

Premature optimization is the root of all evil.

In product development, our greatest waste is not unproductive engineers, but work products sitting idle in process queues.

Batch size is a tremendously useful tool for reducing queues.

reducing batch size before adding capacity at bottlenecks. Batch size reduction is cheaper than adding capacity, it is easy to sell to top management, and it massively reduces queues.

Reducing batch size reduces variability, and with lower variability, we may find our existing capacity is already sufficient.

among the million things the brain is good at, the overriding function of the brain is to help an individual survive and thrive.

your product will help save your customer time or money, you want to say so. Avoid elusive language like "fulfilling" or "satisfied" and instead use specific language like "you'll save time this summer" or "your lawn will make your neighbors jealous.

The Explanatory Paragraph Is Where Your SEO Will Come From

Golf is a better game played downhill.

We use only 10% of our brains... Imagine how smart we would be if we used the other 60%!

Starting in the seventeenth century, the general theory of extreme values - maxima and minima - has become one of the systematic integrating principles of science.

How do you achieve excellence?...Stop doing non-excellent stuff!