Eric Ripert Quotes

When I ask people how much time they spend not doing their job - time spent on 'work-about-work' or phone calls or e-mails - people regularly tell me 60, or even 90 percent. So if Asana could take that down closer to zero, we could potentially double the effectiveness of humanity.

Organizing ahead of time makes the work more enjoyable. Chefs cut up the onions and have the ingredients lined up ahead of time and have them ready to go. When everything is organized you can clean as you go and it makes everything so much easier and fun.

Writing in certain environments carries with it an occupational risk.

I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.

In the restaurant business, there's the concept of pivot. Pivot to the stove, pivot to the refrigerator.

I think it is important for software to avoiding imposing a cognitive style on workers and their work.

I read so much data. There's so much information that comes my way. And there's got to be a way for me to delegate more.

A lot of times I make people better by getting stupid, distracting, bureaucratic stuff off their desk. That's an incredibly easy way to make a senior person more productive.

At the core of the products we build, I want to think about productivity centered around people.

I am good at just looking in the kitchen and getting stuff on the table and keeping the mess minimal. There's an art to the drudgery.

I've urged employers to address ergonomics and adopt ergonomics measures.

Normal pain is no problem, that just comes with the job.

When you are moulding 30 an hour, it takes its toll on your body. It got to the point where my back was just hanging off. It was time to say, 'I can't do this any more'.

Ergonomists are not physicians - they are engineers - and their medical theories are controversial. Some of the world's leading medical researchers deny that repetitive motion causes injury.

I've taken pains to acknowledge that ergonomic pain is real and that ergonomics is valid.

Dispatch is the soul of business, and nothing contributes more to dispatch than method.

I like to organize. I have an opinion. I like to get stuff done.

Describe your product in terms of what it does not in terms of what it is.

If a train stops at a train station, what do you think happens at a work station?

The secret of a successful restaurant is sharp knives.

Housework can kill you if done right.

I think we should think of AI as the intellectual equivalent of a backhoe. It will be much better than us at a lot of things.

I have ever loved to repose myself, whether sitting or lying, with my heels as high or higher than my head.

My body shape was made to get into the perfect aerodynamic position.

The more you take on, the more efficient you become. You only learn how much you can actually do by trying to do too much.