Marc Benioff Quotes

I think one key part of doing more with less is to be more strategic, to realize what the objectives you're truly trying to accomplish are and then to drive with greater focus towards those objectives.

You have to ruthlessly prioritize.

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

There is great power in focusing on what you want..... The person who tries to do everything accomplishes nothing. Most people try to be all things to everyone. And so they end up being nothing to anyone. Confucius nailed the point: "Person who chases two rabbits catches neither."

If people would reflect that one can only do one thing at a time and therefore there is never more than one thing to do at a time, there would be less fatigue in the world.

Don't think to hunt two hares with one dog.

Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.

But as someone pointed out earlier, it is not really about fairness; it is about taking finite resources and applying them where they will have the most effect.

This is the key to time management - to see the value of every moment.

Everything has to be well thought out - what do you really need, when can you do with less coverage.

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

The whole business of marshaling one's energies becomes more and more important as one grows older.

You can only do so many things great, and you should cast aside everything else.

I learned early that you only have so much energy to give. You have to spend it correctly.

You cannot add more minutes to the day, but you can utilize each one to the fullest.

You do what is manageable, and you do it well rather than trying to do a thousand things just a little bit OK.

Prioritization sounds like such a simple thing, but true prioritization starts with a very difficult question to answer, especially at a company with a portfolio approach: If you could only do one thing, what would it be? And you can't rationalize the answer, and you can't attach the one thing to some other things. It's just the one thing.

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.

Life is short, so I'm knowing exactly where I'm putting my time. I don't want to do things that I don't have to do.

Three-quarters of directors waste four hours on a shot that requires five minutes of actual directing. I prefer to have five minutes' work for the crew - and keep the three hours to myself for thought.

The obvious rule of efficiency is you don't want to spend more time organizing than it's worth.

I don't waste my time doing my head in about stupid things that don't really matter and don't waste time worrying over nothing.

We need to execute fewer things better.

I'm known for having a very small to-do list and a big don't-do list.

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.