Quotes about Efficiency
Because I lacked the ability to prioritize correctly and bring focus to my leadership.
— John Maxwell
The reason most major goals are not achieved is that we spend our time doing second things first.
— John Maxwell
However, as a leader, if you can add results to relationships and develop a team of people who like each other and get things done, you have created a powerful combination.
— John Maxwell
60 percent of all management problems are the result of faulty communications.
— John Maxwell
Spend 80 percent of your time on the most promising 20 percent of the potential leaders around you.
— John Maxwell
Effective leaders who reach their potential spend more time focusing on what they do well than on what they do wrong. To be successful, focus on your strengths and develop them. That's where you should pour your time, energy, and resources.
— John Maxwell
If you want to be productive, you should try to learn to get joy from what gives the greatest return and discipline yourself to do those things.
— John Maxwell
Prioritize the things that yield high return. What's the key to being productive? Prioritizing. To be an effective leader, you must learn to not only get a lot done, but to get a lot of the right things done. That means understanding how to prioritize time, tasks, resources, and even people. Effective prioritizing begins with eliminating the things you shouldn't be doing.
— John Maxwell
You can't do everything, so focus on your strengths.
— John Maxwell
The Pareto Principle 20 percent of your priorities will give you 80 percent of your production IF you spend your time, energy, money, and personnel on the top 20 percent of your priorities.
— John Maxwell
Put first things first today and neglect things that don't really matter.
— John Maxwell
The best design is the simplest one that works.
— Albert Einstein