Quotes About Strategy

When I play videogames I'm trying to go deep every pitch. I'm definitely not going to try to do that in real life. In the (video)game I'm trying to leave the yard.

You can learn much about life from a checker game: surrender one to take two; don't make two moves at one time; move up, not down; and when you reach the top, you may move as you like.

I used my intuition like a weapon; whatever insecurity and weakness I sensed in him, I exploited.

Swiftness, intelligence can win a match. But patience is the real necessary skill.

I've never picked anyone up. I don't know how to pick up guys. I usually just camouflage myself as this wonderful person and let them come to me. It's easier that way.

Know your buyer's journey so you can align with it.

Chunking strategies minimize mental chaos and increase recall.

What differentiates sellers today is their ability to bring fresh ideas.

Willkie was unwilling to run a divisive campaign. The president's short-of-war strategy had led him to propose the first ever peacetime draft; Willkie refused to oppose it. "If you want to win the election you will come out against the proposed draft," a reporter told Willkie. Willkie answered, "I would rather not win the election than do that.

You know something, Stu?' Reagan said to Stuart Spencer. 'Politics is just like show business... You begin with a hell of an opening, you coast for a while, & you end with a hell of a closing.

Pretend that you are the Voice of the People. Whitaker and Baxter bought radio ads, sponsored by "the Citizens Committee Against the Recall," in which an ominous voice said: "The real issue is whether the City Hall is to be turned over, lock, stock, and barrel, to an unholy alliance fronting for a faceless man." (The recall was defeated.) Attack, attack, attack. Said Whitaker: "You can't wage a defensive campaign and win!" Never underestimate

After all, it's the future of business communication that we're looking toward.

This means that I don't have to run faster than the psychotic-maniac-vampire-cannibal, I just have to run faster than whoever is with me when the psychotic-maniac-vampire-cannibal starts chasing us.

Chess is a very interesting game, and like so many interesting games, it is not in any way fun. It looks like four horses lost amongst a variety of pepper mills and salt shakers, and the objective is to remain awake longer than your opponent.

Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many players on the field

Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field?

Front offices are more interested in players that are far than players that are near.

The activists will not stop in trying to impose their extreme views on the rest of us, and they have now plotted out a state-by-state strategy to increase the number of judicial decisions redefining marriage without the voice of the people being heard.

In America, our idea of diplomacy is showing up with a gun in one hand and a sandwich in the other and asking which you'd prefer.

Plans were for adventurers. He preferred the goblin approach. Blind panic might not work all the time, but at least it saved you the stress of planning.

Stop derailing my plans with logic and reason,

Be ready to walk away. Remember, you only want this deal, you do not need this deal.

treat every warm call as though it's the coldest one you ever made. When emotions run hot and heavy in negotiations, the high-pitched voice is a sure sign of need. The rushed delivery is another sure sign. While needy negotiators raise their voices, negotiators under control lower their voices. So lower your voice in times of inner turmoil. Slow down.

if our own mission and purpose is too cloudy, we make it difficult for our adversary to make a decision? The same thing goes with questions.