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title: "2 Effective Busy Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [It's possible to be busy but not effective. Everyone's often busy, but few are effective. The effective are, the successful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-w-griffin/it-s-possible-to-be-busy-but-not-effective-everyone-s-often-busy-but/)

[Kenneth W Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-w-griffin/)

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> [If you are not lax when at leisure, you will be effective when busy. If you are not absentminded in tranquility, that will be useful in action. If you are not hypocritical in private, that will show up in public.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zicheng-hong/if-you-are-not-lax-when-at-leisure-you-will-be-effective-when-busy-if/)

[Zicheng Hong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zicheng-hong/)

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