Presence is far more intricate and rewarding an art than productivity.
We should have a debt that grows our productivity, we cant borrow to pay salaries. I can borrow to build power plants.
I accept the proposition that there has been a significant improvement in underlying productivity growth in the United States, that it is very closely tied to improvements in information and communications technology, and that it is likely to spread around the world. But I resist the new economy label because it seems to encourage a disrespect for the old rules that could seriously undermine our success in taking advantage of the new opportunities.
The really happy people are those who have broken the chains of procrastination, those who find satisfaction in doing the job at hand. They're full of eagerness, zest, productivity. You can be, too.
Motivation is undoubtedly the single greatest influence on how well people perform. Most productivity studies have found that motivation has a stronger influence on productivity than any other factor.
We see a world of abundance, not limits. In the midst of a great deal of talk about reducing the human ecological footprint, we offer a different vision. What if humans designed products and systems that celebrate an abundance of human creativity, culture, and productivity? That are so intelligent and safe, our species leaves an ecological footprint to delight in, not lament?
Creative thinking is not a talent, it is a skill that can be learned. It empowers people by adding strength to their natural abilities which improves teamwork, productivity and, where appropriate, profits.
The rising productivity of labor is a myth, a statistical illusion created by measuring combined output in terms of labor input.
As American productivity, once the exuberant engine of national wealth, has dipped to an embarrassingly uncompetitive low, Americans have shaken their heads: the country's old work ethic is dead.
I believe in an America in which the fruits of productivity and prosperity are shared by all, by workers as well as owners, by those at the bottom as well as those at the top; an America in which the sacrifices required by national security are shared by all, by profiteers in the back offices as well as volunteers on the front lines.
Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity; not stifle it.
Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.
There is always more information than attention
Our minds must relax: they will rise better and keener after rest. Just as you must not force fertile farmland, as uninterrupted productivity will soon exhaust it, so constant effort will sap our mental vigour, while a short period of rest and relaxation will restore our powers. Unremitting effort leads to a kind of mental dullness and lethargy.
To be disciplined is to follow in a good way. To be self disciplined is to follow in a better way.
The Web, the great time-killer that had replaced conspicuously passive television with its seductive illusion of productivity.
Productivity isn't magic. It's discipline.
The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager.
Work hard, have fun and make history.
In terms of productivity - that is, how much a worker produces in an hour - there's little difference between the U. S. , France, and Germany. But since more people work in America, and since they work so many more hours, Americans create more wealth.