The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.
Done is better than perfect.
I don’t wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.
Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
Procrastination is attitude’s natural assassin. There’s nothing so fatiguing as an uncompleted task.
I am too busy for insecurities; it’s just a distraction. If I have any, I have ignored them for so long they have gone away.
Nothing works unless you do the work.
Don’t confuse activity with productivity. Many people are simply busy being busy.
Leaders don’t make excuses. They create results.
There’s only one way to work – like hell.
To do more and more with less and less until eventually you can do everything with nothing.
Perfectionism is the enemy of profitability.
Quality comes not from inspection, but from improvement of the production process.
Eighty-five percent of the reasons for failure are deficiencies in the systems and process rather than the employee. The role of management is to change the process rather than badgering individuals to do better.
Invest time, don’t spend it.
If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it.
You can do only one thing at a time. I simply tackle one problem and concentrate all efforts on what I am doing at the moment.
You have to ruthlessly prioritize.
Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast.