Daniel Ek Quotes

I try to be as efficient as possible.

I'm always trying to do things better than I've done them before, do them faster than I've done them before.

If you see something that doesn't make sense, ask. Change it. Think about dollars, think about your soldiers' time, think about efficiency.

You cannot grow more hours in the day. However, you can make better use of those hours.

I want to be efficient and effective in everything I do.

Efficiency is doing better what is already being done.

Emma McChesney was engaged in that nerve-wracking process known as getting things out of the way. When Emma McChesney aimed to get things out of the way she did not use a shovel; she used a road-drag.

If you don't have time to invest in a goals program is it possible that you don't have time because you don't have a goals program?

But part of the enjoyment I take in it is finding the most efficient way to do it, which doesn't mean the corrections aren't made. I like to have a feeling of the whole task before I start, even if it changes.

One always has time enough, if one will apply it well.

I either delegate something, I dump it, or I deal with it.

Support what works and stop supporting what does not work.

You’re putting in the same number of hours a week but we are just repackaging it more efficiently.

I'm trying to keep my days very efficient, and I keep my set really tight. Every single corner is active, and everybody gets to thrive in the job that they do. I don't waste people's time.

Next time, you question what you are doing - ask yourself? What could I do more? In most cases, extra time will be the greatest leverage you can apply!

I'm always trying to think of ways to make something more efficient. If I have to do something once, that's fine. If I have to do it twice, I'm kind of annoyed. And if I have to do it three times, I'm going to try to automate it.

I'm obsessed with speed. I'm always asking myself, 'Why can't we do things faster? Why can't it happen more efficiently? Why is this requiring three meetings instead of one?'

Perhaps the very best question that you can memorize and repeat, over and over, is, 'what is the most valuable use of my time right now?'

Efficiency, which is doing things right, is irrelevant until you work on the right things.

System: Save yourself time, energy and money.

There is no shortage of time. In fact, we are positively awash with it. We only make good use of 20 per cent of our time.... The 80/20 principle says that if we doubled our time on the top 20% of activities, we could work a two-day week and achieve 60 per cent more than now.

I'm working to improve my methods, and every hour I save is an hour added to my life.

Doing more things faster is no substitute for doing the right things.

I like to organize. I have an opinion. I like to get stuff done.

Don't equate activity with efficiency.