#productivity

Outsourcing and globalization of manufacturing allows companies to reduce costs, benefits consumers with lower cost goods and services, causes economic expansion that reduces unemployment, and increases productivity and job creation. ↗

— Larry Elder

#benefits #causes #companies #consumers #cost

Productivity and the growth of productivity must be the first economic consideration at all times, not the last. That is the source of technological innovation, jobs, and wealth. ↗

— William E. Simon

#consideration #economic #first #growth #innovation

I couldn't understand why my productivity went down when I had deliberately made more time available to write. Then I realized it was because I wasn't flying as much. ↗

— Simon Sinek

#because #deliberately #down #flying #had

If you have a rigidly controlled economy, cut off from the rest of the world by infinite protection, nobody has any incentive to increase productivity and to bring new ideas. ↗

— Manmohan Singh

#bring #controlled #cut #economy #ideas

I remember very clearly at the first budget review having a pretty direct conversation with the head of manufacturing... We began to get huge improvements in productivity and responsiveness. I got a chance to see that firsthand. ↗

— Rick Wagoner

#budget #chance #clearly #conversation #direct

Sabbath, in the first instance, is not about worship. It is about work stoppage. It is about withdrawal from the anxiety system of Pharaoh, the refusal to let one’s life be defined by production and consumption and the endless pursuit of private well-being. ↗

— Walter Brueggemann

#consumerism #peace #productivity #rest #sabbath

If you commit to giving more time than you have to spend, you will constantly be running from time debt collectors. ↗

— Elizabeth Grace Saunders

#commitments #debt #peace #productivity #time-debt

Your time is your life. ↗

— Elizabeth Grace Saunders

#life-balance #productivity #reality-check #time-investment #time-management

A lonely day is God's way of saying that he wants to spend some quality time with you. ↗

— Criss Jami

#divine #divine-intervention #emotions #energizer #god

Our future growth relies on competitiveness and innovation, skills and productivity... and these in turn rely on the education of our people. ↗