Reorganizing can be a wonderful method for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.

Reorganizing can be a wonderful method for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.

A sense of the value of time--that is, of the best way to divide one's time into one's various activities--is read more

A sense of the value of time--that is, of the best way to divide one's time into one's various activities--is an essential preliminary to efficient work; it is the only method of avoiding hurry.

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.

Progress isn't made by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something.

Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.

Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit.

Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.

Efficiency is doing things right. Effectiveness is doing the right thing.

For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is read more

For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law it is administered with subhuman inefficiency.

Cheating is often more efficient.

Cheating is often more efficient.

It is more than probable that the average man could, with no injury to his health, increase his efficiency fifty read more

It is more than probable that the average man could, with no injury to his health, increase his efficiency fifty percent.

I don't like a man to be too efficient. He's likely to be not human enough.

I don't like a man to be too efficient. He's likely to be not human enough.