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Remember that Time is Money.
Benjamin Franklin Advice to a Young Tradesman · 1748

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“Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite.”

Andrew S. Grove · High Output Management, 1983 · Primary source

“That is just it, work is my element; I was born and made for it. I have found the limits of my legs; I have found the limits of my eyes; but I have never been able to find the limits of my labour.”

Napoleon Bonaparte · The Memorial of Saint Helena, 1824 · Secondary source

“Here I’d like to introduce the concept of leverage, which is the output generated by a specific type of work activity. An activity with high leverage will generate a high level of output; an activity with low leverage, a low level of output.”

Andrew S. Grove · High Output Management, 1983 · Primary source

“We have invented machines to work for us, but have less spare labor than ever before for human service.”

Arnold J. Toynbee · Civilization on Trial, 1948 · Primary source

“Wealth is the product of man’s capacity to think.”

Ayn Rand · Atlas Shrugged, 1957 · Primary source

“He that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business by night.”

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1732-1758 · Primary source

“The right investment is in tools of your trade.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson · Wealth, 1860 · Primary source

Works

Andrew S. Grove · 1983
High Output Management

A practical guide to managing organisations, focusing on productivity, decision-making, meetings, performance assessment, motivation, and effective managerial leverage.

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Time 20 Discipline 19 Industry 17 Time management 8 Efficiency 7 Endurance 7 Prioritisation 6 Innovation 6 Money 6 Capability 6 Reason 5 Delay 5 Performance measurement 4 Labour 4 Tools 4 Opportunity cost 3 Output 2 Managerial leverage 2 Automation 2 Technological progress 2 Value creation 2 Punctuality 2 Work ethic 2 Investment 2 Trade 2 Human service 1 Human capital 1 Personal capacity 1 Performance management 1 One-to-one meetings 1 Organisational management 1