Quotes About Strategy

Think Big Thinking small is a self-fulfilling prophecy. Leaders create and communicate a bold direction that inspires results. They think differently and look around corners for ways to serve customers.

Bezos felt that hiring only the best and brightest was key to Amazon's success.

regret minimization framework

He had seen firsthand how technology, patience, and long-term thinking could pay off.

But don't be worried about our competitors because they`re never going to send us any money anyway. Let's be worried about our customers and stay heads-down focused.

word of mouth could deliver customers to amazon. he wanted to funnel the saved marketing dollars into improving the customer experience and accelerating the flywheel

The companies that solved the innovator's dilemma, Christensen wrote, succeeded when they "set up autonomous organizations charged with building new and independent businesses around the disruptive technology."9

if you are running both businesses you will never go after the digital opportunity with tenacity

If you don't know anything about the business, launch it through the Marketplace, bring retailers in, watch what they do and what they sell, understand it, and then get into it.

they have an absolute willingness to torch the landscape around them to emerge the winner

Most companies are not those things. They are focused on the competitor, rather than the customer. They want to work on things that will pay dividends in two or three years, and if they don't work in two or three years they will move on to something else.

You've built this lovely castle, and now all the barbarians are going to come riding on horses to attack the castle," Bezos said, according to a former AWS exec who reports hearing the comment. "You need a moat; what is the moat around the castle?

PSA: The rich are very good at using generosity to get what they want.

Spend money to make money.

shooting guards. Myron

Create the problem—then monetize the solution.

when your opponent was at the net, it was often best to slam the ball right at their gut because he or she wouldn't know which way to move. You slow down their reaction time.

Wendy noticed that her chair was at least two inches lower than the others'. Classic—albeit amateur—intimidation move. Wendy crossed her arms and actually slid lower. Let them think they have the advantage. "So

The key was preparation. That was what separated the good from the great. The greats covered their tracks. The greats prepared for every eventuality.

Sometimes you get more ants with honey, but you should always pack a can of Raid.

He who controls the Central Highlands controls South Vietnam. —Vietnamese military maxim

Their style emphasized four bedrock principles: Surprise Aggressiveness Deception The leader's personal presence in the battle.

The best leaders in any enterprise see problems coming and stack the deck to prevent negative "what ifs" from happening. They also have contingency plans to take advantage of positive openings which occur in fleeting windows of time.

When stalking one's prey, it is best to take one's time. Say nothing, and as sure as eggs he will become curious and emerge.