Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.
Improved productivity means less human sweat, not more.
Time waste differs from material waste in that there can be no salvage. The easiest of all wastes and the hardest to correct is the waste of time, because wasted time does not litter the floor like wasted material.
Be ready to revise any system, scrap any method, abandon any theory, if the success of the job requires it.
Do whatever you have to do as quickly as you can, so you can do whatever you WANT to do, for as long as you can.
Efficiency is the foundation for survival. Effectiveness is the foundation for success.
Most of what we say and do is not essential. If you can eliminate it, you’ll have more time, and more tranquillity. Ask yourself at every moment, ‘Is this necessary?’
Do first things first, and second things not at all.
Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.
Meetings are a symptom of bad organization. The fewer meetings the better.
Do what you do best, and outsource the rest.
Knowledge applied is productivity.
Progress isn’t made by early risers. It’s made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.
There is a better way for everything. Find it.
Believe it or not, it is not only possible to accomplish more by doing less, it is mandatory. Enter the world of elimination.
Doing something unimportant well does not make it important,
Short, sweet, and to the point. Clear writing, and therefore clear commands, comes from clear thinking. Think simple.
Doing less is not being lazy. Don’t give in to a culture that values personal sacrifice over personal productivity.
Just because something has been a lot of work or consumed a lot of time doesn’t make it productive or worthwhile.
Requiring a lot of time does not make a task important.