Quotes About Strategy

building a brand may be more important than building a business.

He was also efficient and gave me his four-step formula for success: 1. Get in. 2. Get it done. 3. Get it done right. 4. And get out.

The worst thing you can possibly do in a deal is seem desperate to make it. That makes the other guy smell blood, and then you're dead. The best thing you can do is deal from strength, and leverage is the biggest strength you can have. Leverage is having something the other guy wants. Or better yet, needs. Or best of all, simply can't do without.

In business, cooperation is essential to success.

My style of deal-making is quite simple and straightforward. I aim very high, and then I just keep pushing and pushing and pushing to get what I'm after. Sometimes I settle for less than I sought, but in most cases I still end up with what I want

logic, that's the appeal to fear. Make people afraid of something and you can make them do what you want.

Sometimes it's about playing a poor hand well.

None knows better than the devil, that "to divide is to conquer.

In the World War nothing was more dreadful to witness than a chain of men starting with a battalion commander and ending with an army commander sitting in telephone boxes, improvised or actual, talking, talking, talking, in place of leading, leading, leading.

Futebol não tem lógica.

I try to avoid saying anything positive about any presidential candidate for fear that if I actually like them then I will kill their campaign.

Don't look for the needle in the haystack. Just buy the haystack!

Who is coming up with this plan? Smart Kira or Crazy Kira?" She grinned. "Smart Kira, though according to my mother in the last few years there may be a fine line dividing her from Crazy Kira.

You don't want to get to the top of the ladder only to find out you had it leaning up against the wrong wall.

If you give your mind a $10,000 problem, it will come up with a $10,000 solution. If you give your mind a $1 million problem, it will come up with a $1 million solution.

If you get clear on the what, the how will be taken care of.

You must direct the fire and movement of the entire element and resist the instinct to become just another gun in the fight.

Sometimes the most important shots in battle are the ones not taken.

Always improve your fighting position.

This is a novel of asymmetric warfare.

Good. What do you need to pull it off?" "Take a breath, look around, make a call," Reece muttered.

Prioritize and execute.

The Teams had a saying: "Don't rush to your death.

The Teams had a saying: "Don't rush to your death." There was hardly ever a good reason to go barging into a target at full speed without carefully assessing the situation.