DIY Planner - Quotations and Aphorisms on Planning and Productivity - Comments

"It's easier to beg forgiveness than to get permission."

liz_n_cats — Sun, 6 Nov 2011 12:14:44 -0500

that was one of the first things I learned as a young Ensign in the Navy ;-)

Love it!

Anne-Sophie — Sun, 6 Nov 2011 05:15:59 -0500

Eleanor, always an inspiration!

Are we irrational about organizing tools, (toys)?

Anne-Sophie — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 03:40:47 -0400

And if so there is much fun to it. :)

I not really fond of quotes, I'd rather read/hear the whole speech or work.

Some famous people were not very kind and their quotes do reflect their self centered lives.

They seem to be the perfect inspiration for Ferengi society.

Rush

thag — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:23:53 -0400

Cath,

Totally missed the Rush quote. Awesome!

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I am but a simple caveman.

"If you do not change direction, ...

CathMac — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 14:40:07 -0400

... you may end up where you are heading." -Lao Tzu

~Cath

"Always do whatever's next." George Carlin

CathMac — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 14:23:31 -0400

I haven't posted here in a long time but I was cleaning out a pocketbook and I found a Boston Globe newspaper clipping with this "Reflection For The Day".

~Cath

"Organized people are just too lazy to look for things"

CathMac — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:05:23 -0500

This is a sentiment from a coffee mug offered by the company "Our Name Is Mud". It could just as easily say "Organized people are just too busy to look for things"

Off topic, they also have a plaque which says "Nature will improvise".

Way, way off topic, they have another mug that says "Fairy Grandmothers" on one side and "She Grants Wishes, Gives Kisses" on the other side, very cute.

~Cath

"(Planning) the transactions of the day, ..." Victor Hugo

CathMac — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:14:37 -0500

Here is a Dell home page "Daily Inspiration" that brianna221 (aka Kim) recently posted. I thought it would make a nice addition to this thread.

"He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life."

- Victor Hugo

Earliest Nike wearer

Lex — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 03:53:15 -0500

Plautus wore Nikes. 'Just Do It'.

Planning & Productivity quotations from Children's Literature

CathMac — Fri, 9 Jan 2009 03:55:00 -0500

“Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop.”
Lewis Carrol, from Alice in Wonderland

"I think I can. I think I can. I think I can."
Watty Piper, George Hauman, and Doris Hauman?from the book, "The Little Engine That Could"

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try! Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss), Author

~Cath

I write down everything I

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:06:33 -0500

I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot of time trying to remember what it is I wrote down, I spend the time looking for the paper I wrote it down on.
-- Beryl Pfizer

measurement, thoughts and attributions

davida3 — Wed, 21 May 2008 11:36:51 -0400

Indeed all of those variations on a theme are interesting, as is the question of attribution- but I can absolutely guarantee that the final quotation where we say if we measure the wrong things in the wrong way , then wrong things may get done is the result of much observation of the health care system over the last years on the part of all three authors.

“What gets measured gets done.” Tom Peters

CathMac — Tue, 20 May 2008 15:25:14 -0400

“What gets measured gets done.”
Tom Peters - Title of his 1986 article

This quotation has also been attributed to Peter Drucker. Does anyone know --or have an educated guess-- as to whether Peters may have borrowed this business maxim from Drucker for his article title.

Below are some variations on the original quotation:

‘What gets measured ... creates accountability and therefore gets done.’
Thomas Baskind

What gets measured gets done; what gets recognized gets done even better.
Unknown

What gets measured gets done; what gets rewarded gets repeated.
Unknown

“Measurement alone is not enough to create accountability. You also need a commitment or buy in …”
Thomas Baskind

“Beware, what gets measured might just get done.”
Title of a performance measurement article by Dr. Davida De la Harpe, Dr. Paul Kavanagh and Mark Turner

“If we measure the wrong things in the wrong way, then wrong things may get done.”
Dr. Davida De la Harpe, Dr. Paul Kavanagh and
Mark Turner

~Cath

2 especially apt Planning and Productivity quotations

CathMac — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:43:30 -0400

...
“The secret of getting things done is to act.” Dante Alighieri

"First things first, but not necessarily in that order." Dr. Who
...
~Cath

Rocket Jones,
These two quotations are great. The first one has a GTD feel to it and probably belongs somewhere on the continuum between Plautus' "Dare to be wise; begin" and Nike's "Just Do it."

For me, the second quotation humorously speaks to the difficulty of prioritizing, especially when it comes to balancing the urgent against the important.

~Cath

A few more

Rocket Jones — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:13:30 -0400

"Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people." Admiral Hyman G. Rickover.

“The secret of getting things done is to act.” Dante Alighieri

"First things first, but not necessarily in that order." Dr. Who

"It's easier to beg forgiveness than to get permission." unknown

Quotations and Aphorisms on Planning and Productivity

CathMac — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 09:39:06 -0400

"The best performance improvement is the transition from the nonworking state to the working state."
John Ousterhout

Previous Quotations:

“What is the best use of my time right now?”
Alan Lakein – How To Get Control of Your Time and Your Life

The Law of Forced Efficiency - This law says that, 'There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.'
Brian Tracy

D*I*Y Planner - Quotations and Aphorisms on Planning and Productivity - Comments

"It's easier to beg forgiveness than to get permission."

Love it!

Are we irrational about organizing tools, (toys)?

Rush

"If you do not change direction, ...

"Always do whatever's next." George Carlin

"Organized people are just too lazy to look for things"

"(Planning) the transactions of the day, ..." Victor Hugo

Earliest Nike wearer

Planning & Productivity quotations from Children's Literature

I write down everything I

measurement, thoughts and attributions

“What gets measured gets done.” Tom Peters

2 especially apt Planning and Productivity quotations

A few more

Quotations and Aphorisms on Planning and Productivity

DIY Planner - Quotations and Aphorisms on Planning and Productivity - Comments