Quotes About Strategy

Don't get mad, get smart

First develop a strategy that utilizes everything around you. The best way to prepare for a challenge is to cultivate the ability to call on an infinite variety of responses.

The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people's opinions.

Sustained strength is different from short-burst strength. Sustained strength is an athletic attribute particularly prized by wrestlers, boxers, mixed martial artists, football, basketball, hockey and lacrosse players. The common thread is participation in athletic events of long duration where last minute flurries make the difference between winning and losing, between 1st and 8th.

This thing is for the game of golf, yeah, but trust me, the Europeans don't have that mentality.

one may know how to gain victory, and know not how to use it

One may know how to gain a victory, and know not how to use it.

The ambition should always be to play an elegant game.

He envisioned protests that were less aimed at hearts and minds than based on power that could be leveraged with organized, disciplined, nonviolent political soldiers.

In any conflict, the crazier party generally wins.

Most often, a problem is pointing your attention to an experience you need to have. So instead of looking for a strategy or action that will change the problematic situation, try relaxing into the situation to see what your soul wants you to notice

War is hell," she said. "Do you know why I always beat you, Daddy?" "Tell me." "Because you hate to lose pieces.

Confound the subtlety of lawyers with the subtlety of the law.

War is the statesman's game

Well," Paul said. "Hit a stiff hand against the dealer's seven through ace. Hit soft eighteen against the dealer's nine or ten. Stand on soft nineteen or above. Double on eleven and on ten against the dealer's two through nine. Split pairs of aces and eights, never split tens, fives, or fours. Split twos through sevens against the dealer's two through seven. Split pairs of nines against the dealer's

In our business, we preach "Aducation." The idea is simple but powerful: Create ads that are, in and of themselves, helpful and useful, so that even if viewers don't follow you any further online, at least they've had a positive, valuable experience with your brand. This strategy helps build rapport and foster a good relationship between the brand and the viewer, and it means you don't bombard (or worse, annoy) your viewers with a pushy sales message.

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80/20 applies to almost everything in business that you can count. â–· Almost every frustration you have in sales has something to do with ignoring 80/20.

if the enemy goes undetected and is not exposed, he will gain the advantage by default.

The enemy. As long as we never expose what he is doing, he will work in the darkness.

Use your enemy's hand to catch a snake.

I thought without his tongue we'd be back in control! And it worked! His tongue is no more!

I'm not actually going to blow you out of the airlock Roberts. I just need you in a quiet place where you won't blurt out something stupid at the wrong time near the wrong watch.

Execution really shapes whether your company takes off or not. A lot of people start out with an exciting thing and they want to take over the world, but really the people who do take over the world have a good plan of how to get there and the steps along the way.