“What gets measured gets done.”
Attributed to organization theorist Mason Haire. p. 268.
In Search of Excellence (1982)
Source: The Greatness Guide: Powerful Secrets for Getting to World Class
“What gets measured gets done.”
Attributed to organization theorist Mason Haire. p. 268.
In Search of Excellence (1982)
“The credit we get for wisdom is measured by our success.”
Source: Hippolytus (428 BC), l. 701, translated by Edward P. Coleridge
“Youth is the time of getting, middle age of improving, and old age of spending.”
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Meditations Divine and Moral (1664)
Speech to the Conservative Party conference http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2002/oct/07/conservatives2002.conservatives1 (07 October 2002)
Context: How can students and parents plan for the future when they can't rely on the country's examination system to deliver fair results? We reject Labour's "government knows best" approach, but we certainly don't subscribe to a philosophy that lets people sink or swim. We believe that an active government should focus on doing what it can to help people get on with their lives. This is the true measure of a compassionate government.
Source: Everyone is African: How Science Explodes the Myth of Race (2015), p. 18.
“After my son get married, finally I can focus on improving the economy of Taiwan”
During the engagement party of his son, June 11, 2005
Pet Phrases, 2005
2010s, 2018, Interview with Bill Kristol (2018)