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> [Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/management-is-doing-things-right-leadership-is-doing-the-right-things-2/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

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> [What is the major problem? It is fundamentally the confusion between effectiveness and efficiency that stands between doing the right things and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/what-is-the-major-problem-it-is-fundamentally-the-confusion-between/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

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> [As a manager you're paid to be uncomfortable. If you're comfortable, it's a sure sign you're doing things wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/as-a-manager-you-re-paid-to-be-uncomfortable-if-you-re-comfortable-it/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

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> [The successful person places more attention on doing the right thing rather than doing things right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/the-successful-person-places-more-attention-on-doing-the-right-thing/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

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> [Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/efficiency-is-doing-things-right-effectiveness-is-doing-the-right/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

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> [The race for Quality has no finish line - so technically, it's more like a death march. Efficiency is doing things right;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/the-race-for-quality-has-no-finish-line-so-technically-it-s-more-like/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

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> [Efficiency, which is doing things right, is irrelevant until you work on the right things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/efficiency-which-is-doing-things-right-is-irrelevant-until-you-work/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

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## Other authors on Doing things

## More by Peter Drucker

> [One reason for the tremendous increase in health-care costs in the U.S. is managerial neglect of the "hotel services" by the people who dominate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/one-reason-for-the-tremendous-increase-in-health-care-costs-in-the-u/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

> [No executive has ever suffered because his subordinates were strong and effective.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/no-executive-has-ever-suffered-because-his-subordinates-were-strong/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

> [Results is all that separates one company from another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/results-is-all-that-separates-one-company-from-another/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

> [“There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all. Peter Drucker”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/there-is-nothing-so-useless-as-doing-efficiently-that-which-should/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

> [Our society has become an employee society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/our-society-has-become-an-employee-society/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

> [Replace your pursuit of success with the pursuit of contribution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/replace-your-pursuit-of-success-with-the-pursuit-of-contribution/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

> [Management means, in the last analysis, the substitution of thought for brawn and muscle, of knowledge for folkways and superstition, and of cooperation for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/management-means-in-the-last-analysis-the-substitution-of-thought-for/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

> [Don't try to innovate for the future. Innovate for the present!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/don-t-try-to-innovate-for-the-future-innovate-for-the-present/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

> [The critical question is not "How can I achieve?" but "What can I contribute?"](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/the-critical-question-is-not-how-can-i-achieve-but-what-can-i/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

> [We can say with certainty - or 90% probability - that the new industries that are about to be born will have nothing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/we-can-say-with-certainty-or-90-probability-that-the-new-industries/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

> [When it rains manna from heaven, some people put up an umbrella. Others reach for a big spoon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/when-it-rains-manna-from-heaven-some-people-put-up-an-umbrella-others/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

> [The enterprise can fulfill its human and social functions only if it prospers as a business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/the-enterprise-can-fulfill-its-human-and-social-functions-only-if-it/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

> [The computer actually may have aggravated management's degenerative tendency to focus inward on costs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/the-computer-actually-may-have-aggravated-management-s-degenerative/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

> [Nobody can predict the future; the idea is to have a firm grasp of the present.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/nobody-can-predict-the-future-the-idea-is-to-have-a-firm-grasp-of-the/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

> [An executive should be a realist; and no one is less realistic than the cynic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-drucker/an-executive-should-be-a-realist-and-no-one-is-less-realistic-than/)

[Peter Drucker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-drucker/)

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