Productivity Quotes
355 Productivity quotes by 275 unique authors
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For the true measure of agriculture is not the sophistication of its equipment the size of its income or even the statistics of its productivity…
— Wendell Berry
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The measure of our mindfulness, the touchstone for sanity in this society, is our level of productivity, our attention to responsibility, our ability to plain…
— Elizabeth Wurtzel
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On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, in all judgment and efforts to get things done, hurry and impatience are sure…
— Evelyn Underhill
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The widely accepted assertion that, only if you let markets be will everyone be paid correctly and thus fairly, according to his worth, is a…
— Ha-Joon Chang
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Who would not want an illness that has among its symptoms elevated and expansive mood, inflated self-esteem, abundance of energy, less need for sleep, intensified…
— Kay Redfield Jamison
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When we truly need to do is often what we most feel like avoiding.
— David Allen
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You can fool everyone else, but you can't fool your own mind.
— David Allen
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Unfortunately, the real minimum wage is always zero, regardless of the laws, and that is the wage that many workers receive in the wake of…
— Thomas Sowell
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Another study, of 38,000 knowledge workers across different sectors, found that the simple act of being interrupted is one of the biggest barriers to productivity.…
— Susan Cain
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Open-plan offices have been found to reduce productivity and impair memory. They’re associated with high staff turnover. They make people sick, hostile, unmotivated, and insecure.
— Susan Cain
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We know where most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies - in the minds of those closest to the work.
— Jack Welch
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Knowledge is the source of Wealth. Applied to tasks we already know, it becomes Productivity. Applied to tasks that are new, it becomes Innovation...
— Peter Drucker
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None of the world's problems will have a solution until the world's individuals become thoroughly self-educated.
— R. Buckminster Fuller
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We know where most of the creativity, the innovation, the stuff that drives productivity lies-in the minds of those closest to the work. It's been…
— Jack Welch
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A work-only zone does wonders for your productivity. So, I prefer working at the office now. I spend 8 focused hours there, then I go…
— Derek Sivers
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There are jobs, particularly database-oriented ones, for which computers are necessary, but for everyday office life, I question whether they have brought the productivity that…
— Felix Dennis
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What farmers gain most of all from the increase in agricultural productivity, of course, is choice.
— Jacqueline Novogratz
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Human activity is having a major impact on the planet. We consume or have diverted a large proportion of the productivity of the land and…
— Ian Goldin
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There are winners and there are losers. And as much as we would like to help the losers, if we do it in the way…
— Alan Greenspan
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Chinese productivity is the highest in the world but the way they do it is by borrowing the technology from abroad, either by joint ventures…
— Alan Greenspan
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