Quotes About Improvement

Over time, the system will get better as long as people aren't introducing duplication behind your back. If they are, you can take steps with them short of physical violence, but that is another issue.

we can't let "best" be the enemy of "better.

system will get better as long as people aren't introducing duplication behind your back. If they are, you can take steps with them short of physical violence

You can work really hard, but if you're not training in the right way you're not going to improve and get to the level that you want to.

The personal development conversation. Once you're a few months into your new role, you can begin to discuss how you're doing and what your developmental priorities should be. Where are you doing well? In what areas do you need to improve or do things differently? Are there projects or special assignments you could undertake (without sacrificing focus)?

They must also be expert in the principles of organizational design, business process improvement, and skills development and management.

growth covers up a lot of sins.

Everyday is a day in which to excel

Quality is just a word, and an empty word at that, if it doesn't include harmony, balance, passion, intention, attention. "Continuous improvement for its own sake is a waste of time. "Life is what a business is about, and life is what this work is about. Coming to grips with oneself, in the face of an incredibly complex world that can teach us if we're open to learn.

Competing on results requires that results be measured and made widely available. Only by measuring and holding every system participant accountable for results will the performance of the health care system ever be significantly improved.

Code without tests is bad code. It doesn't matter how well written it is; it doesn't matter how pretty or object-oriented or well-encapsulated it is. With tests, we can change the behavior of our code quickly and verifiably. Without them, we really don't know if our code is getting better or worse.

One poultry specialist mused, "Mathematically, it is evident that the present rate of improvement in growth cannot be continued for more than a couple of decades, or the industry will be faced with a bird that virtually explodes upon hatching.

Give people about a quarter cup a day of tomato paste, and get an improvement in artery function within fifteen days, an effect attributed to both anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects.

Plant-based diets are the nutritional equivalent of quitting smoking."66

CHIP doesn't provide meals—just advice and encouragement, empowering people with knowledge.2505 Within a month on the program, blood sugars, cholesterol, and blood pressures dropped enough for many participants to drop their antidiabetic, cholesterol-lowering, and blood pressure–lowering medications. Better numbers on fewer drugs, along with an average six-pound weight loss.

CHIP's name was changed from the Coronary Health Improvement Project to the Complete Health Improvement Program.

Removing eggs and dairy from the diet has been shown to improve asthmatic children's lung function in as few as eight weeks.52

We cannot let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Whole-wheat pasta cooks in about ten minutes. Improved production technologies have created a new generation of whole-grain pastas that no longer have the rough and mealy texture of yesteryear. My favorite brand is Bionaturae because of its deliciously nutty taste

They'd pulled off the biggest single-season turnaround, a forty-two-win improvement, in the history of the sport.

You can practice shooting eight hours a day, but if your technique is wrong, then all you become is very good at shooting the wrong way. Get the fundamentals down and the level of everything you do will rise.

We might make mistakes but we will make other things too.

Success is happiness within yourself and serving others and doing things in your life that make the world slightly better place.

If you challenge conventional wisdom, you will find ways to do things much better than they are currently done. Bill James