Outcome-Oriented Quotes

Begin with the end in mind.

Caring for children has always been one of the deepest and most satisfying things that a human being does, and yet it is hard to keep a healthy attitude toward it in our competitive, outcome-oriented society.

At Manchester, everyone plays for himself and does what he wants but it works out in the end.

I think President Obama is a committed, practicing nonideologue. He's consumed by neither tactics nor ideology. He is more concerned about outcomes than he is about process and categorizations.

For me, it's about winning games. I'm trying to score more points than the other team. I don't really care how we do it.

As long as we're winning, I'm fine.

In a person's career, well, if you're process-oriented and not totally outcome-oriented, then you're more likely to be success. I often say 'pursue excellence, ignore success.' Success is a by-product of excellence.

To be efficient means getting the job done in a smart, resourceful and timely way. To be effective means getting the right job done well, efficiently or not.

Important is not what is right, but what wins.

Jack White is an extraordinary person because he's like a three-dimensional chess player. He thinks so far ahead.

Make sure your work is never results-oriented. The result is a byproduct of the work, in a way.

Being a fiscal conservative is not about slashing programs that help the poor, or improve health care, or ensure a social safety net. It's about insisting services are provided efficiently, get to only the people that need them, and achieve the desired results. Fiscal conservatives have hearts too — but we also insist on using our brains, and that means demanding results and holding government accountable for producing them

My top priority will be to secure maximum value for money in aid through greater transparency, rigorous independent evaluation and an unremitting focus on results.

Never confuse activity with results.

It's not what the vision is, it's what the vision does.

Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.

The day-to-day making of policy is arguing all the time. You're trying to get the right approach and the right answer, and there are moments that aren't very pleasant. But in the end, you look at the overall product.

We are in a results business, so Stuart Pearce being a jolly old boy won't keep me in a job.

An effective goal focuses primarily on results rather than activity. It identifies where you want to be, and, in the process, helps you determine where you are. It gives you important information on how to get there, and it tells you when you have arrived. It unifies your efforts and energy. It gives meaning and purpose to all you do.

I'm a keep-score guy; I always have been.

Just because an employee does things differently doesn't mean he or she won't do the job right or as well. If you establish expectations of the goal and the standards to follow, then methodology shouldn't be an issue.

There's no comparison to competition. You can't tell yourself truly where you're at unless you compete in competition.

Caring is irrelevant. Desire to do good is irrelevant. All that counts is knowledge and results

In America, people focus on the end result; they focus on the star.