Quotes About Strategy

What percentage of my time should be spent on shallow work? This strategy suggests that you ask it.

You must be careful to choose a philosophy that fits your specific circumstances, as a mismatch here can derail your deep work habit before it has a chance to solidify.

Better technique trumps more effort.

If you're gonna catch criminals, you got to be a bit of one yourself.

There is only one form of political strategy in which I have any confidence, and that is to try to do the right thing and sometimes be able to succeed.

People who run a ready-to-wear company are businessmen rather than production or design people.

You can't just fly into the Great Coat, shoot your way into Bluewater, and take Kai and his father,' I told him. 'Why not?' 'Cause you can't. They'll killl you, for one thing.' Ulysses scratched his beard. 'Hmm. Need a better plan.

I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me.

Desire without a plan is only a dream

Roxanne Archer designed her strategy like a four-star general—or a stalker.

General Robert Baden-Powell, later founder of the Boy Scouts, drastically cut African rations in an attempt to spare not just his own men but any white civilians trapped in the town with them. His plan was to starve the native population until they were forced to break out of the besieged city in search of food, thus reducing the number of mouths to feed.

Abraham Lincoln had not given a single speech on his own behalf during either of his campaigns, and Rutherford B. Hayes advised Garfield to do the same. "Sit crosslegged," he said, "and look wise.

A single word has sometimes lost or won an empire...

Son conscientes las piezas del ajedrez de que todas sus acciones, todos sus triunfos y sus derrotas, nunca les han pertenecido?

Work smarter, not harder

Basic strategy that goes all the way to the top. The phrase unnerved Bernstein. For the first time, he considered the possibility that the President of the United States was the head ratfucker.

A strategy of watch and wait is usually the wisest first step, but people frequently apply another management plan: engage and enrage.

Does he do all this with evil design? No, it is part of his concept of how to retain love.

I have seen these pieces so often that I may recognize them sooner than some people, but my main job is just to get them on the table.

The person who recognizes the strategy of Too Many Details sees the forest while simultaneously being able to see the few trees that really matter.

David Mamet's film House of Games is a wonderful exploration of cons and con artists that shows forced teaming at work.

Counter-threats engage the threatener and put you on his playing field. You want exactly the opposite, which is to disengage and to play by your rules.

Niceness is a decision, a strategy of social interaction; it is not a character trait.

We must learn and then teach our children that niceness does not equal goodness. Niceness is a decision, a strategy of social interaction; it is not a character trait. People seeking to control others almost always present the image of a nice person in the beginning. Like rapport-building, charm and the deceptive smile, unsolicited niceness often has a discoverable motive.