Quotes About Outcomes

So many stories are determined before they start

People make choices, choices have consequences.

Things that felt like a good idea at ten o'clock would seem like the worst idea in the world by ten thirty. Someone once said to her that the key to a happy life was making good decisions. But making good decisions was beyond her because she could always see an infinity of outcomes and all of them seemed good for at least a moment.

The blame game could be exhausting sometimes. The blame game could make you lose your mind… all the infinitesimal outcomes, each path breaking up into a million other paths every time you heedlessly chose one, taking you on a journey that you'd never find your way back from.

People are very sophisticated in their concerns about various parties, in their hopes for what the next government could look like. And I'm not going to prejudge any possible outcomes.

The goal of any true resistance is to affect outcomes, not just to vent. And the only way to affect outcomes and thrive in our lives is to find the eye in the hurricane and act from that place of inner strength.

There's a final exam in venture every four to six years. The scary thing is you need to get an 'A' in every discipline. You need to be on generational planning, need to be on great deal flow, need be on great outcomes, you need to be on great company building.

There are only two good outcomes for a quest like this, the hope of the serendipitous savant — sail for Asia and stumble on America — and the hope of scarecrows and tin men: that you find out you had the thing you sought all along.

In life, we choose whether or not we want to be a winner or a loser. To be a winner, we must devote time and hard work. To be a loser you do nothing, and that's exactly what you will get, nothing.

I was toying with the idea of ambivalence a lot. It's something I work on, not being so invested in outcomes and being more engaged in the process of my life.

Grief affects job performance, so giving workers time off to grieve can lead to stronger outcomes at work.

Effectiveness of love must be measured by concrete results

I've done a lot of stupid things, but in most cases I can't complain about the outcomes.

The government must understand that it cannot substitute the health, nutrition, and overall development outcomes of Indian citizens with 'efficiency gains.'

If your investing approach requires that you become Nostradamus to succeed, then you are destined to fail.

You really will reap what you sew.

There are but few important events in the affairs of men brought about by their own choice.

Willingness is giving up trying to control behaviors or outcomes. By giving up control you can do what is needed in any situation. Willingness is wholehearted, spontaneous participation, responding to situations as needed, without resentment or preconceived ideas of what has to be done, how to do it, or when to do it.

I generally don't regret decisions that have poor outcomes for me because that's the best way you can learn.

Ninety-nine percent of all surprises in business are negative.

Clear mind + clear plan = clear outcomes.

Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.

Knowledge work is not defined by quantity. Neither is knowledge work defined by its costs. Knowledge work is defined by its results.

What is our mission? Who is our customer? What does the customer value? What are our results? and What is our plan?