Quotes and Sayings About Strategy
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Let's execute along this strategy, but know that we'll probably get some of this wrong, so be open to changing it.
-- Alan G. Lafley -
During a chess tournament a master must envisage himself as a cross between an ascetic monk and a beast of prey.
-- Alexander Alekhine -
It is better to follow out a plan consistently even if it isn't the best one than to play without a plan at all. The worst thing is to wander about aimlessly.
-- Alexander Kotov -
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If you don't have a strategy, you're part of someone else's strategy.
-- Alvin Toffler -
If a theory of justice is to guide reasoned choice of policies, strategies or institutions, then the identification of fully just social arrangements is neither necessary nor sufficient.
-- Amartya Sen -
But it is not conscious strategy to go for unconventional roles.
-- Anil Kapoor -
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The strategies that managers employ are at least as important as the facilities at their disposal.
-- Anthony Stafford BeerSource : "Management Science" by Anthony Stafford Beer, (p. 27), 1968.
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It turns out that is exactly what product strategy is all about—figuring out the right product is the innovator’s job, not the customer’s job.
-- Ben HorowitzSource : "The Hard Thing About Hard Things". Book by Ben Horowitz, March 4, 2014.
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Most people generalize whatever they did, and say that was the strategy that made it work.
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The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.
-- Benjamin Disraeli -
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No, we don't sit around in dark corners and plan strategies on how we're going to slant the news. We don't have to. It comes naturally to most reporters.
-- Bernard GoldbergSource : "CFIF General Counsel Talks With Veteran CBS Reporter Bernard Goldberg About Media Bias". Interview with Renee Giachino, www.cfif.org. August 12, 2004.
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Improving efficiency on the farm is not only a risk-reduction strategy, it's a profitability strategy.
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I quickly realized I had to have my own style and strategy and find my own way.
-- Brad GreySource : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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Incentives are not strategy, they are tactics. Defensive measures.
-- Carlos Ghosn -
I think Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are the cornerstones of any social media strategy.
-- Chad Hurley -
Guys are natural problem solvers - they like to have strategies.
-- Chadwick BosemanSource : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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Achieve success in any area of life by identifying the optimum strategies and repeating them until they become habits.
-- Charles J. GivensSource : Charles J. Givens (1992). “Wealth Without Risk for Canadians”, Stoddart
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The result of bad communication is a disconnection between strategy and execution.
-- Chuck MartinSource : Chuck Martin (2005). “Tough Management: The 7 Winning Ways to Make Tough Decisions Easier, Deliver the Numbers, and Grow the Business in Good Times and Bad”, p.12, McGraw Hill Professional
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Death is my exit strategy. I'll be doing significant customer service only as long as I live.
-- Craig Newmark -
I am committed to doing customer service for Craigslist for the rest of my life. The exit strategy is death.
-- Craig Newmark -
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Jayden laughed grimly. 'Press the attack and hope for the best.' 'Hope is not a strategy,' said Kira 'It's not plan A,' said Jayden, 'and it shouldn't be plan B, but it is every plan C that has ever been made.
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The Israelis are very smart about politics and strategy, but there are a few exceptions. One is Lebanon, the other is Gaza, where they were completely inept.
-- Daniel Pipes -
When the survival strategy of a civilization is invalidated, in all of human history none have ever turned back from the brink.
-- Daniel SuarezSource : Daniel Suarez (2010). “Freedom (TM)”, p.39, Penguin
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Make generosity part of your growth strategy.
-- Danielle LaPorteSource : Danielle LaPorte (2012). “The Fire Starter Sessions: A Soulful + Practical Guide to Creating Success on Your Own Terms”, p.294, Harmony
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Ultimately the success of any nonproliferation strategy requires a universal standard. Washington's "Do as I say, not as I do" approach lacks moral authority and is seen as hypocritical. It is like preaching temperance from a bar stool.
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Investors repeatedly jump ship on a good strategy just because it hasn't worked so well lately, and, almost invariably, abandon it at precisely the wrong time.
-- David Dreman