#efficiency
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The 80/20 principle is a powerful tool for optimizing your training and maximizing your performance.
From 80/20 Running by Matt Fitzgerald
Systems permit ordinary people to achieve extraordinary results predictably.
The only way to deal with the future is to function efficiently in the now.
From The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck
Automation is the key to freeing your time.
From The 4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss
Your brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort.
From The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Simplicity is the soul of efficiency.
A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences.
From The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White
A manager’s job is to make sure that the right people are in the right jobs.
From High Output Management by Andy Grove
The most effective use of AI is to complement human decision-making.
From Prediction Machines by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb
To produce at your peak level you need to work for extended periods with full concentration on a single task free from distraction.
From Deep Work by Cal Newport
As cities scale, they become more efficient but also face greater challenges.
From Scale by Geoffrey West
To perform at your best, you must be able to manage your energy effectively.
A system is only as good as its constraints.
From The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Premature optimization is the root of all evil.
The real problem is that programmers have spent far too much time worrying about efficiency in the wrong places and at the wrong times.
Power comes from understanding how to harness your energy efficiently.
From Power Speed ENDURANCE by Brian MacKenzie
You can do anything you want, but you can’t do everything.
From The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau
Meetings are toxic.
Efficiency in algorithms is not just about speed; it's also about resourcefulness.
From Grokking Algorithms by Aditya Bhargava
The 80/20 rule is about getting the most out of your running by training smart, not hard.
From 80/20 Running by Matt Fitzgerald
The container made it feasible to move vast quantities of goods with minimal labor.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
The two-minute rule states that when you start a new habit, it should take less than two minutes to do.
From Atomic Habits by James Clear
Duplication is the root of all evil.
From Clean Code by Robert C. Martin
Most runners spend too much time running at a pace that is neither easy nor hard.
From 80/20 Running by Matt Fitzgerald
The size of a city influences everything from the efficiency of transportation to the creativity of its people.
From Scale by Geoffrey West
The shipping container made the world smaller by facilitating the movement of goods across vast distances with unprecedented efficiency.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
Speed is a product of efficiency and technique.
From Power Speed ENDURANCE by Brian MacKenzie
Communication is the lifeblood of an organization.
From Scaling Up by Verne Harnish
An hour lost at a bottleneck is an hour lost for the entire system.
From The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt
When you’re not able to give honest feedback, you’re wasting time.
From Radical Candor by Kim Scott
You can be lazy and still get things done.
From The Lazy Genius Way by Kendra Adachi
Transfer learning allows a model trained on one task to be adapted to a different but related task.
From Deep Learning by Ian Goodfellow, Yoshua Bengio, and Aaron Courville
Time management is life management.
From High Output Management by Andy Grove
Bitcoin enables peer-to-peer transactions without intermediaries.
The more you try to optimize each part, the more you will sub-optimize the whole.
From The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.
To produce at your peak level you need to work for extended periods with full concentration on a single task free from distractions.
From Deep Work by Cal Newport
Good algorithms lead to better performance and faster results.
From Grokking Algorithms by Aditya Bhargava
The predictive power of AI can transform industries by improving efficiency.
From Prediction Machines by Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, and Avi Goldfarb
Financial markets are the best way to allocate resources efficiently.
From The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson
An effective manager is one who can get things done through others.
From High Output Management by Andy Grove
The efficiency of containers allowed for the growth of just-in-time manufacturing.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
Focus on being productive instead of busy.
From The 4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferriss
Containers have allowed goods to move faster and cheaper than ever before.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
A manager's job is to help the team become more productive.
From High Output Management by Andy Grove
The larger the organization, the more efficient it becomes, but also more fragile.
From Scale by Geoffrey West
The container is a symbol of efficiency and standardization in logistics.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
Meetings are a symptom of bad organization.
From High Output Management by Andy Grove
The goal is not to be busy, but to be productive.
From How to Get Rich by Naval Ravikant
Omit needless words.
From The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White
You can’t manage what you can’t measure.
From High Output Management by Andy Grove
The best runners are not those who run the fastest, but those who have the most efficient running mechanics.
From The Science of Running by Steve Magness
Energy equity is as important as energy efficiency in our modern world.
From The Grid: A Journey Through the Heart of Our Electrified World by Phillip F. Schewe
The brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort.
From The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Standardization was key to the success of container shipping.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
Crowds can solve problems faster and more efficiently than traditional methods.
From Machine, Platform, Crowd by Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson
Being productive is about quality, not quantity.
From Do Nothing: How to Break Away from Overworking, Overdoing, and Underliving by Celeste Headlee
Habits, scientists say, emerge because the brain is constantly looking for ways to save effort.
From The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Before containers, shipping was slow and inefficient.
From The Box: How the Shipping Container Made the World Smaller by Marc Levinson
Competition leads to a better allocation of resources.
From The Origin of Wealth by Eric Beinhocker
The ultimate purpose of habits is to solve the problems of life with as little energy and effort as possible.
From Atomic Habits by James Clear
Systems are the key to productivity and consistency.
From The Personal MBA by Josh Kaufman