Quotes About Strategy

there is a world of difference between calling something evil and calling someone evil. The first strategy mobilizes resources against the problem; the second only recycles the ultimate cause of the problem, which is ill will, resentment, lack of empathy, and eventually hatred.

Similarly, the idea of putting pressure on ourselves to strive for our goals now so that we can feel the rush of reaching them later is as bizarre and misguided a life strategy as hitting ourselves in the face because it fells good when we stop.

Leadership in telecommunications is also essential, since we are now in the age of e-commerce.

You must plan, and you must train, for the battle you don't want to fight, against the enemy you don't want to face, on the ground you don't want to defend. Then, and only then, do you have a credible deterrent.

Fire and idealism may be fine qualities for the leader of a revolution, but the leader of a great republic needs to be several degrees cooler and a good deal more canny.

You can't get a suit of armour and a rubber chicken just like that. You have to plan ahead.

"How long does it take to learn poker, Dad?" "All your life, son."

The underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change.

Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money.

If your goal is anything but profitability - if it's to be big, or to grow fast, or to become a technology leader - you'll hit problems.

The best CEOs I know are teachers, and at the core of what they teach is strategy.

recognize the enemy, who doesn't just fight on the battlefield

He who retreats lives longer.

Master the rules of the game until you can play it better they can.

Siempre es mejor luchar en sólo una batalla a la vez. De esa forma, siempre ganas" -Josh Newman

It's a big mistake to tell someone what you are going to do to them … they might decide to do it to you first.

Cunning and deceit will every time serve a man better than force

There's nothing so much like a god on earth as a General on a battlefield.

He was one of those, like Stuart, who looked on war as God's greatest game.

Michael Shellenberger

As the international relations scholar Hedley Bull noted, "mutual nuclear deterrence Ã¢â'¬Â¦ does not make nuclear war impossible, but simply renders it irrational," but then added that a rational strategist is one "who on further acquaintance reveals himself as a university professor of unusual intellectual subtlety."86

When people feel that their voices are heard—and can see real change made—they are less likely to exit. Conversely, when voices are not heard—as when nations silence political dissenters by locking them up or executing them—exit becomes the only viable strategy for change, and that can lead to violence. In

Selling covered calls is similar to buying a house and renting it to someone else. But instead of renting your house, you are renting your stocks.

Always be wary of grabbing material at the cost of the coordination of your pieces.