Quotes About Strategy

There is a big difference between fighting the cold war and fighting radical Islam. The rules have changed and we haven't.

In order to succeed, it is not necessary to be much cleverer than other people. All you have to be is one day ahead of them.

Focus means saying "no." Jobs focuses Apple's limited resources on a small number of projects it can execute well.

nothing is left to chance; everything must be deeply considered.

Al subcontratar la mayoría de operaciones de Apple y reforzar la asociación con Foxconn, Cook hizo algo que no se había hecho nunca antes, y con resultados asombrosos. Los ejecutivos de Apple, muy especialmente Steve Jobs, tomaron debida nota de ello.

The lead and his two deputies will also pore through the pages trying to find ways to integrate new ideas.

our goal is not just to make money but to make great products.. make only first-class products with high margins so that Apple could continue to develop even better first-class products

In their constant iterations, Apple was beating the "fast followers

It takes four and no more. It takes four to win the war. -Relly

Swordplay is not about strength.  It is about speed and agility, and the ability to read the mind of your opponent so you know what thrust he will make as soon as he knows himself.

The cardinal sin in poker, worse than playing bad cards, worse even than figuring your odds correctly, is becoming emotionally involved.

Defense is attack, attack is defense, each being the cause and result of the other.

Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.

Turning the other cheek is a kind of moral jiu-jitsu.

Get the United States to start a war so they won't intrude in yours.

Don't take me for a fool, Eve. That's not why you did it. You made a political calculation. You know that the DA hates me and wants to be the next mayor. You figured that aligning yourself with him would benefit you more than being tied to a sheriff who is already smeared by a prison-beating scandal.

spent most of her ten-year military career at a keyboard, directing drone strikes against terrorists. She'd killed more people from the comfort of a Herman Miller chair, with a Starbucks Cinnamon Dolce Latte in one hand, than most soldiers

In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product and profits. Unless you've got a good team, you can't do much with the other two.

In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits.

Every business and every product has risks. You can't get around it.

When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.

I always kept in mind my father's warning: "If he's bigger than you are, don't fight back. Use your head instead of your fists.

In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits. People come first. Unless you've got a good team, you can't do much with the other two.

If you deprive yourself of outsourcing and your competitors do not, you're putting yourself out of business.