Comments on: Are You Too Efficient To Be Effective?

By: lea

lea — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:10:21 +0000

very well said. I am very happy reading this article.

By: Ali

Ali — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 17:09:47 +0000

You’ve hit the nail on the head there! But I find that exploring an issue in depth can be helpful — as many of the commenters above found.

By: handdolby

handdolby — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:45:30 +0000

Hey, look it’s not a bad effort at all…but one pointer (no malice intended).

Please keep it simple.

What you are really saying is all of us need to, at times, step back and take a look at the ‘bigga pickcha’ — I think.

That’s about it.

By: handdolby

handdolby — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:18:13 +0000

I am too inefficient to be ineffective!

By: Ali

Ali — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:52:48 +0000

Thanks for raising the tone there, Mark … Glad you liked the post!

By: Mark Robertson

Mark Robertson — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:33:37 +0000

“You are too efficient to be effective when…you leave your zipper down to save time. I appreciate the Eliot quote and the 3Ps. I may start writing “don’t do lists” of things that I don’t need to do any given Sunday.

Great post.

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Cost-Benefit Analysis: Applying Economic Processes to Life | Sea Legs — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 21:01:59 +0000

[...] be applied to my Shit or Get Off the Pot lecture as well. Being able to use your time wisely – effectively AND efficiently – is the absolute root to success. After all, time is the most scarce resource we humans [...]

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Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:29:09 +0000

[...] great article about the relationship between being efficient and effective is here at Aliventures. Ali Hale’s blog is actually a great one to read in general. [...]

By: Ali

Ali — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:01:10 +0000

Thanks Paul, and Michael!

Michael, I’d not come across that quote before (though I used to work alongside programmers) — cheers for bringing it up!

By: Michael Hoppal

Michael Hoppal — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:31:41 +0000

Wow, interesting proposition here. I am impressed with it and will be sure to take it into consideration. Programmers have a similar idea they keep in mind, a quote by Donald Knuth: “…97% of the time, premature optimization is the root of all evil.”
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