"There is no bigger waste of time..." - Quote by Thomas Sowell
There is no bigger waste of time than doing 90% of what is necessary.
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“People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.”
“We seem to be getting closer and closer to a situation where nobody is responsible for what they did but we are all responsible for what somebody else did.”
“To include freedom in the very definition of democracy is to define a process not by its actual characteristics as a process but by its hoped for results. This is not only intellectually invalid, it is, in practical terms, blinding oneself in advance to some of the unwanted consequences of the process.”
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“Strategy equals execution. All the great ideas and visions in the world are worthless if they can't be implemented rapidly and efficiently. Good leaders delegate and empower others liberally, but they pay attention to details, every day.”
“Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.”
“If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.”