Quotes About Strategy

The index fund is a most unlikely hero for the typical investor. It is no more (nor less) than a broadly diversified portfolio, typically run at rock-bottom costs, without the putative benefit of a brilliant, resourceful, and highly skilled portfolio manager. The index fund simply buys and holds the securities in a particular index, in proportion to their weight in the index. The concept is simplicity writ large.

Great leaders always seem to embody two seemingly disparate qualities. They are both highly visionary and highly practical.

anyone can steer the ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course. Leaders who are good navigators are capable of taking their people just about anywhere.

most people overrate decision making, and they underrate decision managing.

distinct vision, a precise plan, plenty of resources, and incredible leadership, but if you don't have the right people, you're not going to get anywhere.

A great team with no bench eventually collapses. The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork

The one with the plan is the one with the power. It doesn't matter in what kind of activity you're involved. Employees want to follow the business leader with a good business plan. Volunteers want to join the pastor with a good ministry plan. Children want to be with the adult who has the well-thought-out vacation plan. If you practice strategic thinking, others will listen to you and they will want to follow you. If

The key to working smarter is knowing the difference between motion and direction. In the final analysis, results are what matter; attendance and activity don't.

Trying to get the right person in the right job can take a lot of time and energy. Let's face it. Isn't it easier for a leader to just put people where it is most convenient and get on with the work? Once again, this is an area where leaders' desire for action works against them.

To win in sports, members of the team must always keep the big picture in front of them. They must remember that the goal is more important than their role—or any individual glory they may desire.

Individuals score points, but teams win games. In The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork, individuals will learn how to score more points so their teams will win more games.

El viejo dicho es cursi pero cierto: No planificar es planificar el fracaso.

You don't say how slim the odds are but rather how you can improve the odds.

Preparation may not guarantee a win, but it sure puts you in position for one.

Successful leaders help their people find their right seats. Sometimes that requires moving people around to find where they make the greatest contribution. Sometimes it means trying and failing. As a leader, you have to take it all in stride. Positioning people correctly is a process, and you have to treat it that way.

Leaders who have reached the top of their profession or the top of their organization cannot take anything for granted. No matter how good they've been in the past, they still need to strategize, weigh decisions, plan, and execute at a high level.

People need clear objectives set before them if they are to achieve anything of value.

GIVE PEOPLE AN ACTION PLAN

The person with a plan, a picture, will go after thoughts that add value to their thinking. It's easy to connect the dots if you know where you're going. Likewise, it's easy to connect ideas when you have a plan.

Nicolás Maquiavelo dijo: "El primer método para calcular la inteligencia de un gobernante es observar a los hombres que lo rodean".

Thousands of engineers can design bridges, calculate strains and stresses, and draw up specifications for machines, but the great engineer is the man who can tell whether the bridge or the machine should be built at all, where it should be built, and when.

Efficiency is the foundation for survival. Effectiveness is the foundation for success. It's Not How Hard You Work; It's How Smart You Work

This has to do with planning. It's better to look ahead and prepare than look back and regret.

Plan ahead, chart your course, and if God is going to be your partner, make your plans large.