If you have 50 different plug types, appliances wouldn't be available and would be very expensive. But once an electric outlet becomes standardized, many companies can design appliances, and competition ensues, creating variety and better prices for consumers.

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"If your business is not on the internet then your business will be out of business."

- Bill Gates

Awareness

"Software is a great combination of artistry and engineering."

- Bill Gates

Inspiration

"If you show people the solutions, they will be moved to act"

- Bill Gates

Inspiration

"I choose a lazy person to do a hard job because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it."

- Bill Gates

Motivation

"I never took a day off in my twenties. Not one."

- Bill Gates

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"It takes less time to do things right than to explain why you did it wrong."

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Efficiency

"There’s a tremendous power in using the least amount of information to get a point across."

- Rick Rubin

Efficiency

"Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all."

- Peter Drucker

Efficiency

"If you measure it, it will improve."

- Seth Godin

Efficiency

"Good customer service costs less than bad customer service."

- Sally Gronow

Efficiency