Quotes About Strategy

accumulation of money cannot be left to chance, good fortune and luck. One must realise that all who have accumulated great fortunes first did a certain amount of dreaming, hoping, wishing, desiring and planning before they acquired money.

You are to become a creator, not a competitor; you are going to get what you want, but in such a way that when you get it every other man will have more than he has now.

Any man is educated who knows where to get knowledge when he needs it, and how to organize that knowledge into definite plans of action.

Master salespeople know what they want. They know how to plan the acquiring of what they want. Moreover, they have the initiative to put their plan into action.

A master salesperson is a strategist at mind manipulation.

O planejamento inteligente é essencial para o sucesso em qualquer empreendimento destinado a acumular riqueza. A seguir, instruções detalhadas para aqueles que

Write out a clear, concise statement of the amount of money you intend to acquire, name the time limit for its acquisition, state what you intend to give in return for the money, and describe clearly the plan through which you intend to accumulate it.

The story of practically every great fortune starts with the day when a creator of ideas and a seller of ideas got together and worked in harmony. Carnegie surrounded himself with men who could do all that he could not do—men who created ideas, and men who put ideas into operation—and made himself and the others fabulously rich.

Temporary defeat should mean only one thing, the certain knowledge that there is something wrong with your plan

PLANOS DEFINIDOS: líderes bem-sucedidos devem planejar o trabalho e trabalhar seus planos. Líderes que atuam por adivinhação, sem planos práticos e definidos, são como um navio sem leme. Mais cedo ou mais tarde vão bater nas pedras.

No human being has sufficient foresight to build plans which need no alteration or change.

It is easier to increase profits by cutting the expenses in many cases than it is to increase profits by increasing sales.

Those who talk too much do little else. If you talk more than you listen, you not only deprive yourself of many opportunities to accumulate useful knowledge, but you also disclose your plans and purposes to people who will take great delight in defeating you, because they envy you.

An Eye for Winners:

Burn the boats as you enter the island and you will take the island.

Ability to "neutralize" the mind of the buyer.

The Master Mind principle.

Know what you want, when you want it, why you want it and HOW you intend to get it.

Intelligent planning is essential for success in any undertaking designed to accumulate riches.

No matter who you are or what may be your lifework, you are playing checkers with TIME! It is always your next move. Move with quick DECISION and Time will favor you. Stand still and Time will wipe you off the board. You cannot always make the right move, but, if you make enough moves you may take advantage of the law of averages and pile up a creditable score before the great game of LIFE is ended.

Suckers try to win arguments, nonsuckers try to win.

To bankrupt a fool, give him information.

Steve Jobs: "People think focus means saying yes to the thing you've got to focus on. But that's not what it means at all. It means saying no to the hundred other good ideas that there are. You have to pick carefully. I'm actually as proud of the things we haven't done as the things I have done. Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things.

Alexander said that it was preferable to have an army of sheep led by a lion than an army of lions led by a sheep.