Quotes About Investment

Her mom and dad are both doctors and want her to follow her dream, not turn out the way they have, no matter how much it costs them.

I was very invested in love but it was just this long sex thing that could end at any moment because after all, it's about getting off.

She'd married him for all the reasons she might hire a long-term employee.

As Henry Ford once put it, "If you need a machine and don't buy it, then you will ultimately find that you have paid for it and don't have it.

One of the most common versions of this mistake that high-potential young professionals make is believing that investments in life can be sequenced.

the innovator's dilemma: Should we invest to protect the least profitable end of our business, so that we can retain our least loyal, most price-sensitive customers? Or should we invest to strengthen our position in the most profitable tiers of our business, with customers who reward us with premium prices for better products?

managers may think they control the flow of resources in their firms, in the end it is really customers and investors who dictate how money will be spent because companies with investment patterns that don't satisfy their customers and investors don't survive.

If you need a machine and don't buy it, then you will ultimately find that you have paid for it and don't have it.

innovator's dilemma: Should we invest to protect the least profitable end of our business, so that we can retain our least loyal, most price-sensitive customers? Or should we invest to strengthen our position in the most profitable tiers of our business, with customers who reward us with premium prices for better products?

What this implies at a deeper level is that many of what are now widely accepted principles of good management are, in fact, only situationally appropriate. There are times at which it is right not to listen to customers, right to invest in developing lower-performance products that promise lower margins, and right to aggressively pursue small, rather than substantial, markets.

Incompetence, bureaucracy, arrogance, tired executive blood, poor planning, and short-term investment horizons obviously have played leading roles in toppling many companies.

The only way a strategy can get implemented is if we dedicate resources to it.

The resource allocation process determines which deliberate and emergent initiatives get funded and implemented, and which are denied resources.

You need to define an opportunity that is disruptive relative to all the established players in the targeted market, or you should not invest in the idea.

remember that it is changes in the slope of the platform, not the level of the platform, that create shareholder value at an above-average rate.

You can talk all you want about having a clear purpose and strategy for your life, but ultimately this means nothing if you are not investing the resources you have in a way that is consistent with your strategy. In the end, a strategy is nothing but good intentions unless it's effectively implemented.

if the decisions you make about where you invest your blood, sweat, and tears are not consistent with the person you aspire to be, you'll never become that person.

The logic is, for example, "I can invest in my career during the early years when our children are small and parenting isn't as critical. When our children are a bit older and begin to be interested in things that adults are interested in, then I can lift my foot off my career accelerator. That's when I'll focus on my family." Guess what. By that time the game is already over.

Companies stumble for many reasons, of course, among them bureaucracy, arrogance, tired executive blood, poor planning, short-term investment horizons, inadequate skills and resources, and just plain bad luck.

There are times at which it is right not to listen to customers, right to invest in developing lower-performance products that promise lower margins, and right to aggressively pursue small, rather than substantial, markets.

In for a penny, in for a pound - by Max Pesaro

In terms of days and moments lived, you'll never again be as young as you are right now, so spend this day, the youth of your future, in a way that deflects regret. Invest in yourself. Have some fun. Do something important. Love somebody extra. In one sense, you're just a kid, but a kid with enough years on her to know that every day is priceless. (418)

the sort of fish that a good fisherman puts back into the water so that it may grow fatter and be one day worth cooking and eating.

Commitment, trust, and voluntary cooperation are not merely attitudes or behaviors. They are intangible capital.