“When I'm explaining something to you, if I'm being long-winded, and twisty in a non-productive way, I could make you feel vaguely insulted. And you'd have a right to be.” IfsWayFeelsLongProductiveExplainingInsulted Author:George Saunders
“When we were doing 'Freaks and Geeks', I didn't quite understand how movies and TV worked, and I would improvise even if the camera wasn't on me. I thought I was helping the other actors by keeping them on their toes, but nobody appreciated it when I would trip them up. So I was improvising a little bit back then, but not in a productive way.” IfsWayLittlesHelpingActorsBitsTvsLittle BitCamerasProductiveFreakToesAppreciatedGeekImprovising Author:James Franco
“The best way to be productive is to have a great team. So I spend more time than most CEOs on human resources. That's 20 percent of my week.” WayHumansWeekTeamPercentResourcesBest WayProductiveMore TimeCeoHuman ResourcesGreat Team Author:Kevin P. Ryan
“So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear that there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free-enterprise system.” PeopleWayGovernmentClearRecordsActivityOrdinaryCapitalismInvestingAlternativesEnterpriseProductiveCandleImprovingFree MarketOrdinary PeopleCrystalsTrue HappinessFree EnterpriseUnleashed Author:Milton Friedman
“The gratification of helping others is a very American tradition and a Judeo-Christian tradition. Now it is great to see young people creating funds and giving back in all sorts of productive ways. It's a terrifically satisfying thing.” PeopleWayGivingHelpingChristianYoungCreatingTraditionHelping OthersProductiveFundSatisfyingGiving BackGratificationAmerican Tradition Author:Evelyn Lauder
“This is one way that wealthy Americans could really contribute. They could put hundreds of millions of dollars into the infrastructure bank, be a good investment for them, for their children, for their grandchildren, and they would directly contribute to revitalizing a big sector of middle-class wages in America and making our country more productive, so that we could create more opportunity. But I think that we could get a lot of grassroots support from, like, local chambers of commerce and other things if they understood exactly how this infrastructure bank would work.” IfsThinkingWayChildrenCountryBigsAmericaOpportunityClassMillionsSupportMiddleUnderstoodDollarsInvestmentLocalsOur CountryOne WayProductiveMiddle ClassWealthyCommerceWagesGrandchildrenInfrastructureChamberGrassrootsChamber Of Commerce Author:William J. Clinton