Quotes About Strategy

Los guardianes saben cómo luchar contra los monstruos, cuando se enfrentan a uno —dijo ella con suavidad—. Yo sé lo que hay que hacer antes de que lleguen. Y después.

La estrategia del océano azul.

There were times, however, when a man had to make a strategic retreat to win the game.

The goal seems to me at times just to be business first.

Relationships are chess for women," he said. "They can see the whole board, plan way ahead. They're the queens, after all. We're the kings, limited to one square in any direction, on defense for the whole fucking game.

Relationships are chess for women," he said. "They can see the whole board, plan way ahead. They're the queens, after all. We're the kings, limited to one square in any direction, on defense for the whole fucking

Rather than dividing your attention between twenty goals and doing none of them well, pick one to three goals and execute them brilliantly. Multitasking works no better for team achievement than it does for individual productivity; you're better off single-tasking in a fierce, focused way.

One of the many things Peter Drucker taught us was that only two things actually generate profit: marketing and innovation. Everything else is an expense.

By its very nature, strategic thinking requires you to learn to make the best decisions you can as quickly as possible, boosting innovation and flexibility, helping your team adapt to circumstances as they change.

You cannot remove randomness from the universe. You can, however, use your 168 hours to stack the odds in your favor. To do this, you have to place many bets, and leave nothing you can control to chance. In other words, you have to be open to possibilities, and plan for opportunities.

Strategizing boosts efficiency; planning your toughest work for the time when you have the most energy means a task might take one hour instead of two.

You have to think about each day's landscape—both workdays and days off—and where there might be spots of usable time. You become a general, surveying the battlefield. What can move? What can't? What logistical problems must be solved as you march through your hours?

The truth may not set you free, but used carefully, it can confuse the hell out of your enemies.

There's a saying at Spectrum: 'If you want to lead the enemy straight to your door then just keep using the same one.' That's why we have a lot of different ways in - we are always sealing one up and opening another. We have to, we can't risk anyone finding out true location.

RULE 43: IF YOU'VE GOT THE ADVANTAGE – MAKE SURE YOU KEEP IT. She

Mendoza returned to Victoria, where he and the other captains resumed plotting against Magellan

The first phase of the mutiny had gone off as planned.

Two years later, in 1512, Solis, deftly manipulating the levers of influence, rehabilitated himself, and King Ferdinand

permission to hire only a dozen Portuguese; in reality, he was taking nearly forty with him.

Magellan preferred to anchor offshore, away from danger, as he continued his single-minded quest for the strait.

Juan de Aranda, an ambitious merchant, took the Portuguese navigator aside

The farther these potential invaders were kept from vulnerable English shores, the better.

Unwilling to commit the entire fleet to the river, he dispatched Santiago, the smallest ship

Magellan, who left nothing to accident, had an assignment for Pigafetta; the young Italian diplomat