Effectiveness Quotes - Page 12

• I think it must be apparent to every thinking mind that the noblest of all professions is that of teaching, and that upon the effectiveness of that teaching hangs the destiny of nations.

  David O. McKay

  Teaching, Destiny, Thinking

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• One, I am skeptical of the effectiveness of nutritional supplements.

  Michael Shermer

  Skeptical, Supplements

  Michael Shermer (2016). “Skeptic: Viewing the World with a Rational Eye”, p.154, Henry Holt and Company

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• Elections, for their part, are typically popularity contests rather than measures of candidates' relative competency or effectiveness. Imagine if scientific truth were determined according to which scientist was most popular. To be successful, scientists would have to be charismatic and attractive - and human knowledge would suffer terribly.

  Nathan Myhrvold

  Successful, Suffering, Determined

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• When the 'weaker' of the two brains (right and left) is stimulated and encouraged to work in cooperation with the stronger side, the end result is a great increase in overall ability and ... often five to ten times more effectiveness.

  Robert E. Ornstein

  Creativity, Two, Innovation

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• Organizational effectiveness does not lie in that narrow minded concept called rationality. It lies in the blend of clearheaded logic and powerful intuition

  Henry Mintzberg

  Powerful, Lying, Intuition

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• The serial bully, who in my estimation accounts for about one person in thirty in society, is the single most important threat to the effectiveness of organisations, the profitability of industry, the performance of the economy, and the prosperity of society.

  Tim Field

  Bullying, Important, Prosperity

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• I don't know if the question is whether you believe in capital punishment anymore. I think the greater question is its effectiveness and given the choices we face in California, should we have a merit-based discussion on its effectiveness and costs?

  Tani Cantil-Sakauye

  Believe, Thinking, Punishment

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• Everybody says they want to be free. Take the train off the tracks and it’s free-but it can’t go anywhere.

  Zig Ziglar

  Inspirational, Leadership, Track

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• Finding your element is essential to your wellbeing and ultimate success and, by implication to the health of our organisations and the effectiveness of our educational systems

  Ken Robinson

  Educational, Essentials, Elements

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• You cannot solve a problem until you acknowledge that you have one and accept responsibility for solving it.

  Zig Ziglar

  Responsibility, Fighting, Problem

  Zig Ziglar (1997). “Over the Top: Moving from Survival to Stability, from Stability to Success, from Success to Significance”, p.191, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Allies never trust each other, but that doesn't spoil their effectiveness.

  Ayn Rand

  Trust, Allies, Ethics

  Ayn Rand (2005). “The Fountainhead”, p.266, Penguin

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• Leadership ability determines a person's level of effectiveness.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Levels, Ability

  John C. Maxwell (2008). “Courageous Leadership Workbook: The EQUIP Leadership Series”, p.67, Thomas Nelson

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• Anyone who challenges the prevailing orthodoxy finds himself silenced with surprising effectiveness. A genuinely unfashionable opinion is almost never given a fair hearing.

  George Orwell

  Fear, Challenges, Atheism

  George Orwell (1987). “Animal farm: a fairy story”, Harvill Secker

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• It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of their own neglect, mismanagement, and improvidence, or want of application.

  Samuel Smiles

  Inspirational, Men, Luck

  Samuel Smiles (1861). “Self-help, with Illustrations of Character and Conduct”, p.229

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• The central challenge for educational systems around the world is the substitution of effectiveness for popularity.

  Douglas B. Reeves

  Educational, Challenges, World

  Douglas B. Reeves (2012). “Transforming Professional Development into Student Results”, p.2, ASCD

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• Vacations are designed to refresh the outlook of everyone. No matter how tired they may be when they return to work, vacationers have been refreshed emotionally and intellectually. Their effectiveness in their job has probably improved, and they are, generally speaking, better employees for the time off.

  Bobby Fischer

  Jobs, Tired, Vacation

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• Three principles - the conformability of nature to herself, the applicability of the criterion of simplicity, and the utility of certain parts of mathematics in describing physical reality - are thus consequences of the underlying law of the elementary particles and their interactions. Those three principles need not be assumed as separate metaphysical postulates. Instead, they are emergent properties of the fundamental laws of physics.

  Murray Gell-Mann

  Reality, Law, Simplicity

  "Murray Gell-Mann: Selected Papers". Book by Murray Gell-Mann and Harald Fritzsch, 2010.

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• Nothing will undermine your effectiveness as a leader faster than a bad marriage.

  Michael Hyatt

  Leader, Bad Marriage, Faster

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• The effectiveness of a group of people is not determined by their IQ but by how well they communicate.

  David Brooks

  People, Groups, Determined

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• My Administration is committed to creating an unprecedented level of openness in Government. We will work together to ensure the public trust and establish a system of transparency, public participation, and collaboration. Openness will strengthen our democracy and promote efficiency and effectiveness in Government.

  Barack Obama

  Government, Creating, Democracy

  "Open Government Directive: Obama Moves On Transparency Promise" by Rachel Weiner, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• ... surgery is a powerful placebo, perhaps the ultimate placebo. The effectiveness of a placebo is directly proportional to the impression it makes on the patient's subconscious mind.

  John E. Sarno

  Pain, Powerful, Mind

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• The possibility of war increases in direct proportion to the effectiveness of the instruments of war.

  Norman Cousins

  War, Possibility, Instruments

  Norman Cousins (1967). “Present Tense; an American Editor's Odyssey”

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• Basically, to lead without a title is to derive your power within the organisation not from your position but from your competence, effectiveness, relationships, excellence, innovation and ethics.

  Robin Sharma

  Innovation, Excellence, Titles

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• And regulation entails organizational effectiveness, a chain of command, and a structure for logistical support.

  Sun Tzu

  Support, Regulation, Structure

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• Your least frequent, most extreme exertions will have the greatest influence on your fitness. The peak moments of a workout count far more than the amount of time you spend working out. This is why a series of 40-yard sprints at full speed benefits you more than half an hour of jogging. It's also the reason why lifting a weight heavy enough to make your heart pound and your muscles burn counts more than spending hours at the gym always in your comfort zone, never truly challenging your body. When a work-out becomes an unvarying, monotonous routine, it loses its effectiveness.

  Arthur De Vany

  Workout, Heart, Work Out

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