It takes far less energy to move from first-rate performance to excellence than it does to move from incompetence to mediocrity.

Production is not the application of tools to materials, but logic to work.

The most effective way to manage change is to create it.

Cultivate a deep understanding of yourself - not only what your strengths and weaknesses are but also how you learn, how you work with others, what your values are, and where you can make the greatest contribution. Because only when you operate from strengths can you achieve true excellence.

Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.

Every time you do something that is important, write down what you expect will happen.

It is more productive to convert an opportunity into results than to solve a problem - which only restores the equilibrium of yesterday.