“Remember too that your time is your one finite resource, and when you say yes to one thing you are inevitably saying no to another.”
Andrew S. Grove
High Output Management (Primary source)
Andy Grove’s High Output Management, published in 1983 at the zenith of America’s transition from industrial to information economy, stands as a seminal treatise on the art and science of organizational leadership. The work’s enduring contribution lies in its audacious central premise: that management itself constitutes a production process, measurable and optimizable like any manufacturing operation, where the manager’s output equals the output of his organization.
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“A fundamental rule in technology says that whatever can be done will be done.”
— Andrew S. Grove Primary source“Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite.”
— Andrew S. Grove Primary 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 Primary source“The absolute truth is that if you don’t know what you want, you won’t get it”
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“It was a bitter moment. Defeat is one thing; disgrace is another.”
— Winston Churchill Primary source“You may delay, but time will not.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“Remember that Time is Money.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source“You may be too cunning for one, but not for all.”
— Benjamin Franklin Primary source