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Efficiency Quotes
"The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency."
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"One of the things Mr. Kennedy taught me was that in laying out a new project, you shouldn't try to cope with every little problem."
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"If you see a snake, just kill it - don't appoint a committee on snakes."
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"Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage."
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"I'll take fifty percent efficiency to get one hundred percent loyalty."
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"There is a big difference between being busy and being productive. Regardless of how busy one is, one's success can only come from relentless productivity."
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"The finest eloquence is that which gets things done."
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"It is easier to convert your time into products when you move away from any distractions."
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"Freud had a gene for inefficiency, and I think I have a gene for efficiency."
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"Employ every economy consistent with thoroughness, accuracy and reliability."
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"A day should be your controlling and managing factor."
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"Institutions have processes favoring efficiency over loss, and process over people."
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"The general proposition is that the resources that will be utilized are the ones that contribute most to the overall efficiency of the production system. The third parameter has to do with our commercial world, our search for profits."
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"To maximize time is to make sure that every second, minute and hour counts."
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"Your intensity increases your productivity."
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"Secrecy is the enemy of efficiency, but don't let anyone know it."
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"If you would know these demands of life, you would gain a quicker success, at a greater pace, with less stress than otherwise."
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"I will always choose a lazy person to do a difficult job because he will find an easy way to do it."
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"A small sharp axe clears a forest quicker than a big blunt one."
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"We live in a world where people are always busy but produce little or no results."
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"Proper and effective time management is the best way to make it in life."
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"Time utilization and effectiveness is a major marker for success."
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"It is difficult for me to believe that quantum mechanics, working very well for currently practical set-ups, will nevertheless fail badly with improvements in counter efficiency."
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"A small sharp axe can cut down more trees than a big dull one."
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"For you to maximize time, you want to make sure that every second of the day that comes is converted into some products."
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"When climbing, you don't have to put your foot on every step, jump over some of them! When solving your problems, you don't have to solve each and every one, jump over some of them!"
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"To be productive, you must convert every minute of your time."
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"The effective use of time is the best-kept secret of those who have created a successful life and continue to experience it every day."
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"Employment is a major time killer."
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"You can leverage time by using it wisely and purposefully."
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"If you want to save your time, learn to be focused on your purpose to the utmost."
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"Recognition of the value of time, the change in our attitude to time, time management and time consciousness translate into economic growth or increase in GDP."
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"The aphorism "If you want something done, ask a busy woman" is in direct acknowledgment of the efficiency boot camp parenthood puts you through."
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