Quotes in work
It is wrong to suppose that if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it – a costly myth.
The supposition is prevalent the world over that there would be no problems in production or service if only our production workers would do their jobs in the way that they were taught. Pleasant dreams. The workers are handicapped by the system, and the system belongs to the management.
our system of make-and-inspect, which if applied to making toast would be expressed: “You burn, I’ll scrape.”
When one understands who depends on me, then I may take joy in my work.
It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.
Never continue in a job you don't enjoy. If you're happy in what you're doing, you'll like yourself, you'll have inner peace. And if you have that, along with physical health, you will have had more success than you could possibly have imagined.
The effectiveness of work increases according to geometrical progression if there are no interruptions.