Desiree Rogers Quotes

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.

To scale your business, you need to delegate responsibilities to others and establish a strong company culture.

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.

And ours is a business that requires discipline and focus.

Most businesses fail because they want the right things but measure the wrong things, and they get the wrong results.

As all entrepreneurs know, you live and die by your ability to prioritize. You must focus on the most important, mission-critical tasks each day and night, and then share, delegate, delay or skip the rest.

The American attitude towards efficiency and execution should always underlie architecture.

Profitability is coming from productivity, efficiency, management, austerity, and the way to manage the business.

One thing I've learned about his business is this whole 'plan thing' - it doesn't work.

You can't base an industry solely on one person. That's a very vulnerable business strategy.

I used to think business was 50 percent having the right people. Now I think it's 80 percent.

Half the issues they - are so polished they're talking about - are dead by the time they get into the office, and into the midst of their tour where they're really productive.

We believe that the business system only is the key to success. It's no miracle, only day-to-day work in the appropriate way.

About half my time is spent on business operation type stuff.

In every business, in every industry, management does matter.

No business can succeed in any great degree without being properly organized.

Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time. The best management of our time thus becomes linked inseparably with the best utilization of our efforts.

Management is all about managing in the short term, while developing the plans for the long term.

I think we have to notice that the business processes we use right now for thinking and planning and budgeting and strategy are all delivered on very tight agendas.

No altered system will work a miracle. Any wild experiment will only add to the confusion. Our best assurance lies in efficient administration of our proven system

If you expect to grow your business, you need to be plotting out your schedules days in advance. Until you get that most basic of steps orchestrated, you can never get to the critical steps that I outline in any one of dozens of books.

The more Strategic Work you do, the more effective, productive, and joyful the Tactical Work becomes.

Leadership is inspiring people. Management is keeping the trains running on time.

The fundamentals of your business are like free throws: emphasize and practice them to perfection.

It is the manager and the team that affect performance, not the size of the fund or firm.