Effectiveness Quotes
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“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.”
― Walden, or Life in the Woods
― Walden, or Life in the Woods

“If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it.”
― Killosophy
― Killosophy

“To maintain the P/PC Balance, the balance between the golden egg (production) and the health and welfare of the goose (production capability) is often a difficult judgment call. But I suggest it is the very essence of effectiveness.”
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
― The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

“Modern technology has become a total phenomenon for civilization, the defining force of a new social order in which efficiency is no longer an option but a necessity imposed on all human activity.”
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“Because drugs have become so profitable, major medical journals rarely publish studies on nondrug treatments of mental health problems.31 Practitioners who explore treatments are typically marginalized as “alternative.” Studies of nondrug treatments are rarely funded unless they involve so-called manualized protocols, where patients and therapists go through narrowly prescribed sequences that allow little fine-tuning to individual patients’ needs. Mainstream medicine is firmly committed to a better life through chemistry, and the fact that we can actually change our own physiology and inner equilibrium by means other than drugs is rarely considered.”
― The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
― The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

“Organizational effectiveness does not lie in that narrow minded concept called rationality. It lies in the blend of clearheaded logic and powerful intuition”
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“Move back,” the man on the left ordered Valek. “Or I’ll skewer your friend.”
Valek considered the threat. “Do you plan to wound, maim or kill him?” he asked the guard.
“Threats should be specific in order to have the maximum impact.”
The man just stared at him.
“Skewer is just too vague. I think if you say, ’Stand back or I’ll stab him in the stomach,’ then I have an idea about how serious you are. After all, Leif’s stomach is his favorite body part so that’s a decent threat.”
― Ice Study
Valek considered the threat. “Do you plan to wound, maim or kill him?” he asked the guard.
“Threats should be specific in order to have the maximum impact.”
The man just stared at him.
“Skewer is just too vague. I think if you say, ’Stand back or I’ll stab him in the stomach,’ then I have an idea about how serious you are. After all, Leif’s stomach is his favorite body part so that’s a decent threat.”
― Ice Study
“To hedge effectively, you have to reject the silo mentality and instead embrace the systems thinking mentality.”
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“Our work activities are perhaps most interesting when the element of competition is present.”
― The Art of Self-Control
― The Art of Self-Control
“To be productive, effective and to live a life of understanding and wisdom is not to waste time”
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“The fundamental challenge of ancient man was to be wise. The fundamental challenge of medieval man was to be holy. The fundamental challenge of modern man was to be effective. The fundamental challenge of contemporary man is not to be ridiculous.”
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“Effectiveness is about asking the questions, what do we want our business to be great at? And what is the best way to achieve the results we desire?”
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“A business can drift aimlessly if it is efficient but not effective. A business can lose money excessively if it is effective but not efficient.”
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“To be effective without being efficient is to be on a path to ruin. To be efficient without being effective to to be very good at aimless wandering.”
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“One aspect of effectiveness is to simply not do things that don’t contribute to the goals of the business.”
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“In the shadow of busyness, multitasking costs us our creativity, productivity, efficiency, effectiveness, and relationships.”
― Quantraz
― Quantraz

“We need a cultural shift towards looking at multitasking as an act of foolishness.”
― Quantraz
― Quantraz

“Clutter is a state of mind when we miss simplicity and entangle ourselves in complexities.”
― Quantraz
― Quantraz

“Lavender's thoughts returned to the poetry, and Robert reading it, canting, rich-toned, about hands, kisses.
It shall be you.
Having no smelling salts nearby, Lavender moved matters to a more pragmatic realm. "I must warm the tea," she told Robert. For the pot had sat, untouched, for some time, and had surely cooled.
(In the kitchen, she loosened her collar, to alleviate her overheated state, to avoid becoming a sweaty brook.)”
― The Apothecary's Garden
It shall be you.
Having no smelling salts nearby, Lavender moved matters to a more pragmatic realm. "I must warm the tea," she told Robert. For the pot had sat, untouched, for some time, and had surely cooled.
(In the kitchen, she loosened her collar, to alleviate her overheated state, to avoid becoming a sweaty brook.)”
― The Apothecary's Garden
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