"If it could save a person’s life, could you find a way to save ten seconds off the boot time? If there were five million people using the Mac, and it took ten seconds extra to turn it on every day, that added up to three hundred million or so hours per year people would save, which was the equivalent of at least one hundred lifetimes saved per year.

Spending as little as 15 minutes (1% of your day) on improving how you do your thing, is the most powerful way to amplify and advance your thing.

For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned.

The first minute of action is worth more than a year of perfect planning.

I had the time to try things, to stop others [referring to medications]. And what impressed me was how efficient it was and how much money I saved by having that extra time. And I will give an example. Most of the patients I met for the first time were very sick for a long time, and most of them, on average were on between 15 and 26 medications. Most of them only needed three or four of these medicines but no other doctor had the time to go through and find out, try this or take them off.

Make your life simpler by reducing how many decisions you make each day.

To choose time is to save time.

Control your risks.
Identify important decision points.
Forecast potential crises.
The solution starts as soon as planning begins!

If I had only one hour to save the world, I would spend fifty-five minutes defining the problem, and only five minutes finding the solution.

1st. Saving of time, trouble, and money in the preparation of plans by the module system, and the standardization of parts and methods.

Value your time at an hourly rate and ruthlessly spend to save time at that rate.

You will never be worth more than you think you're worth.

Cut costs, Earn more, and Optimize your existing spending.

You will save so much time and energy the moment that you realise you have nothing to prove and that the judgement you receive from others isn’t yours to hold on to.

Success in this world depends on knowing exactly how little effort each job is worth...distribution of energy...