One should waste as little effort as possible on improving areas of low competence. It takes far more energy and work to improve from incompetence to… - Peter Drucker

It takes far more energy and work to improve from incompetence to mediocrity than it takes to improve from first-rate performance to excellence.

It takes far more energy and work to improve from incompetence to mediocrity than it takes to improve from first-rate performance to excellence

[W]e have been forced to put a major emphasis on the acquisition of technical knowledge.

The action plan is a statement of intentions rather than a commitment. It must not become a straitjacket. It should be revised often, because every success creates new opportunities. So does every failure.

The idea that growth is by itself a goal is altogether a delusion. There is no virtue in a company’s getting bigger. The right goal is to become better. Growth, to be sound, should be the result of doing the right things. By itself, growth is vanity and little else.