To me success means effectiveness in the world, that I am able to carry my ideas and values into the world--that I am able to change it in positive ways.
There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.
The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions.
Flying off the handle sometimes causes hammers and humans to lose their heads, as well as their effectiveness.
In the past, it was easier to believe in my own effectiveness. If I worked hard, with good colleagues and good ideas, we could make a difference. But now, I sincerely doubt that.
Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.
Never underestimate the effectiveness of a straight cash bribe.
A revolution only lasts fifteen years, a period which coincides with the effectiveness of a generation.
There is a lot of rubbish written about toilet humour - people saying it is childish and pretending it is beneath them - but there is no doubting the effectiveness of a really good willy gag.
A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and with confidence.
While you can think in terms of efficiency in dealing with time, a principle-centered person thinks in terms of effectiveness in dealing with people.
Lincoln said that the Patent Office adds the flame of interest to the light of creativity. And that is why we need to improve the effectiveness of our Patent Office.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.
Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential.
If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster.
We're not going to pay attention to the silliness and the petty comments. And quite frankly, women have joined me in this effort, and so it's not about appearances. It's about effectiveness.
All the well-meaning advice in the world won't amount to a hill of beans if we're not even addressing the real problem.
The 'Inside-Out' approach to personal and interpersonal effectiveness means to start first with self; even more fundamentally, to start with the most inside part of self, with your paradigms, your character, and your motives. The inside-out approach says that private victories precede public victories, that making and keeping promises to ourselves recedes making and keeping promises to others. It says it is futile to put personality ahead of character, to try to improve relationships with others before improving ourselves.
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