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For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is read more
For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is administered with subhuman inefficiency.
In the old world that is passing, in the new world that is coming, national efficiency has been and will read more
In the old world that is passing, in the new world that is coming, national efficiency has been and will be a controlling factor in national safety and welfare.
Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy man; he is sure to read more
Whenever there is a hard job to be done I assign it to a lazy man; he is sure to find an easy way of doing it.
Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.
Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.
Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.
Obviously, the highest type of efficiency is that which can utilize existing material to the best advantage.
Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.
Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.
A sense of the value of time--that is, of the best way to divide one's time into one's various activities--is read more
A sense of the value of time--that is, of the best way to divide one's time into one's various activities--is an essential preliminary to efficient work; it is the only method of avoiding hurry.
Organizations cannot make a genius out of an incompetent. On the other hand, disorganization can scarcely fail to result in read more
Organizations cannot make a genius out of an incompetent. On the other hand, disorganization can scarcely fail to result in efficiency.
It is more than probable that the average man could, with no injury to his health, increase his efficiency fifty read more
It is more than probable that the average man could, with no injury to his health, increase his efficiency fifty percent.
