Quotes about Optimization

Excellence - Take what you have and do the BEST with it.

Say "no" to the good and say "yes" to the best.

The Pareto Principle 20 percent of your priorities will give you 80 percent of your production IF you spend your time, energy, money, and personnel on the top 20 percent of your priorities.

Learn to say no to the good so you can say yes to the best.

Peter Drucker says, "Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right things.

Managers today have to do more with less, and get better results from limited resources, more than ever before.

You could use the 80/20 rule. Give 80 percent of your effort to the top 20 percent (most important) activities. Another way is to focus on exceptional opportunities that promise a huge return. It comes down to this: give your attention to the areas that bear fruit.

Good things happen to a team when a player takes the place where he adds the most value. Great things happen when all the players on the team take the role that maximizes their strengths—their talent, skill, and experience.

Efficiency is the foundation for survival. Effectiveness is the foundation for success.

I'm a master at getting as much in a day as possible.

If a thing can be done adequately by means of one, it is superfluous to do it by means of several; for we observe that nature does not employ two instruments [if] one suffices.

Apply the 80/ 20 Rule to everything: Twenty percent of your activities will account for 80 percent of your results. Always concentrate your efforts on that top 20 percent.