Effectiveness is doing the things that get you closer to your goals. Efficiency is performing a given task (whether important or not) in the most economical manner possible. Being efficient without regard to effectiveness is the default mode of the universe.

It's amazing how someone's IQ seems to double as soon as you give them responsibility and indicate that you trust them.

Most people can do absolutely awe-inspiring things. Sometimes they just need a little nudge.

The way we measure productivity is flawed. People checking their BlackBerry over dinner is not the measure of productivity.

For all of the most important things, the timing always sucks. Waiting for a good time to quit your job? The stars will never align and the traffic lights of life will never all be green at the same time. The universe doesn't conspire against you, but it doesn't go out of its way to line up the pins either. Conditions are never perfect. "Someday" is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you. Pro and con lists are just as bad. If it's important to you and you want to do it "eventually," just do it and correct course along the way.

Money is multiplied in practical value depending on the number of W's you control in your life: what you do, when you do it, where you do it, and with whom you do it.

The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it.