The Effective Executive
by Peter F. Drucker
From The Book
we must not starve our biggest opportunities because we’re so busy throwing ourselves at our biggest problems and dwelling on past mistakes
The larger the animal becomes, the more resources have to be devoted to the mass and to the internal tasks, to circulation and information, to the nervous system, and so on.
People in general, and knowledge workers in particular, grow according to the demands they make on themselves.