Peter Drucker Quotes

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

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

We value the clock for its speed and efficiency. The clock has its place, efficiency has its place, after effectiveness. The symbol of effectiveness is the compass a sense of direction, purpose, vision, perspective, and balance. But the empowerment process itself is not efficient.

Don't confuse activity with productivity. Many people are simply busy being busy.

He who attempts to do all will waste his life in doing little.

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.

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

The more business one has, the more you are able to accomplish, for you learn to economize your time.

Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

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.

You have to ruthlessly prioritize.

The busiest people I have known in my life always have time enough to do everything. Those who do nothing are always tired and pay no attention to the little amount of work they are required to do. They complain constantly that the day is too short. The truth is, they are afraid to fight the good fight.

He that pursues two hares at once, does not catch one and lets the other go.

It is possible to be busy-very busy-without being very effective.

Nothing easier than to confuse busyness with goodness.

Being successful doesn't make you manage your time well. Managing your time well makes you successful!

I just want to do the least work in the least time and make the most money.

There is no bigger waste of time than doing 90% of what is necessary.

The easiest thing to do in the world is to neglect the important and give in to the urgent.

Most of us spend too much time on what is urgent and not enough time on what is important.

I recommend to you to take care of the minutes; for hours will take care of themselves. I am very sure, that many people lose two or three hours every day, by not taking care of the minutes.

It is not true that people who accomplish things don't waste time and that people who waste time don't accomplish things. The very concept is ill-informed. You can't waste time and you can't save time; you can only choose what you do at any given moment.

The fact is that you can't do everything that you have to do. You have to procrastinate on something. Therefore, procrastinate on small tasks.

Many people are busy trying to find better ways of doing things that should not have to be done at all. There is no progress in merely finding a better way to do a useless thing.

You spend your time like you spend money. You can waste it or invest it.