There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.

  • -- Peter Ferdinand Drucker 德鲁克

没有什么比高效地做根本不应该做的事情更没用的了。

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Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice.

冷漠可以被热情所克服,而热情只能被两件事所激发:第一,一个充满想象力的理想;第二,一个将理想付诸实践的明确而清晰的计划。

In my case, I pay a standard premium to participate in the Federal Employees' Health Benefits Plan for my wife and myself out of each month's paycheck.

就我个人而言,我每月从我妻子和我自己的工资中支付标准保费,以参加联邦雇员的健康福利计划。

A debate has one purpose, one purpose only, and that is to facilitate the exchange of ideas directly between two candidates, and that's it.

一场辩论只有一个目的,唯一的目的,那就是促进两位候选人之间直接的思想交流,仅此而已。

Being a member of the labor force and a full-time parent means trying to manage against overwhelming odds in an unresponsive society.

作为劳动力的一员和全职父母,意味着在一个反应迟钝的社会里,要努力克服压倒性的优势。

Flying off the handle sometimes causes hammers and humans to lose their heads, as well as their effectiveness.

失控有时会导致锤子和人类失去理智,失去效率。

And thou wilt give thyself relief, if thou doest every act of thy life as if it were the last.

如果你把生命中的每一件事都当作最后一件来做,你就会给自己解脱。

You were only truly patriotic if you had a laborer for a grandfather and were glad of it.

只有当你的祖父是一名劳动者并为此感到高兴时,你才是真正的爱国主义者。

Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.

效率就是把事情做好;效率就是做正确的事情。