Edwin Land Quotes

Never do anything yourself that others can do for you.

I find that many entrepreneurs are trying to do everything when it would be cheaper and more time-efficient to delegate, even if there are monetary costs associated with that.

Efficiency, which is doing things right, is irrelevant until you work on the right things.

Never do things others can do and will do if there are things others cannot do or will not do.

There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.

One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.

If you want someone else to do a task, don't do it yourself.

The whole point of getting things done is knowing what to leave undone.

There is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you.

I'm trying to keep my days very efficient, and I keep my set really tight. Every single corner is active, and everybody gets to thrive in the job that they do. I don't waste people's time.

Like most entrepreneurs, getting motivated to work has never been a problem for me; focus comes through delegating tasks to the best people you can find.

Be able to delegate, because there are some things that you just can't do by yourself.

Getting all the things down game-management wise, that's what I want to excel at.

Practice quality, and you get better at quality. But quality takes time, so by working solely on quality, you end up losing something else that's important - speed.

You have to ruthlessly prioritize.

I think I have learned, in some degree at least, to disregard the old maxim ""Do not get others to do what you can do yourself."" My motto on the other hand is; ""Do not do that which others can do as well.

Doing more things faster is no substitute for doing the right things.

Devoting a little of yourself to everything means committing a great deal of yourself to nothing.

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

Concentration is the key to economic results. No other principle of effectiveness is violated as constantly today as the basic principle of concentration.... Our motto seems to be, "Let's do a little bit of everything."

Never do yourself, what you can con professionals into doing for you.

Concentrate on doing what you do best, and let others do the rest.

Heavy lifting doesn't need to be heavy spending if we do the job right.

I've learned time management, organization and I have priorities.