Quotes About Strategy

I'm pretty patient since I'm big into hunting.

Organisations with decision-making speed and imagination will thrive as nobody can claim to have a monopoly over creativity.

Chess is imagination.

In chess, as played by a good player, logic and imagination must go hand in hand, compensating each other.

The need for innovation – the lifeblood of business – is widely recognized, and imagination and play are key ingredients for making it happen.

Imagination in business is the ability to perceive opportunity.

Chess truly uncovers whether or not someone has imagination and takes initiative.

Independence of thought is a most valuable quality in a chess-player, both at the board and when preparing for a game.

Show me a clever nation; then I will show you a clever government!

If the plan doesn't work, change the plan, but never the goal.

In battle, if you you make your opponent flinch, you have already won.

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.

My goal in sailing isn't to be brilliant or flashy in individual races, just to be consistent over the long run.

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

A loser doesn't know what he'll do if he loses, but talks about what he'll do if he wins, and a winner doesn't talk about what he'll do if he wins, but knows what he'll do if he loses.

Think small and act small, and we'll get bigger. Think big and act big, and we'll get smaller.

If your plan isn't working, adjust your plan. Never give up.

Thinking about design is hard, but not thinking about it can be disastrous.

The successful businessman must be able to foresee possibilities, to estimate with sagacity the outcome in the future.

I read a book twice as fast as anybody else. First, I read the beginning, and then I read the ending, and then I start in the middle and read toward whatever end I like best.

There are many really stupid ideas that wind up being brilliant, if you can implement them.

If you do everything that everyone else does in business, you're going to lose. The only way to really be ahead, is to 'be different'.

The best place to solve a problem is on paper.

If you're competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering.