Quotes About Strategy

The policies we need to make decisions on should depend far more on the range of possible outcomes than on the expected final number.

an employee is also a risk-management strategy.

companies foolishly believed that all they needed was to win the majority. No, you idiots.

they make sure that the costs of being wrong are limited (and their probability is not derived from past data).

This is called a stop loss, a predetermined exit point, a protection from the black swan.

Remember from the logic of the barbell that it is necessary to first remove fragilities.

chess grandmasters usually win by not losing; people become rich by not going bust (particularly when others do);

Clearly, the quality of a decision cannot be solely judged based on its outcome

could cause a loss of business

The child may practice self-repudiation as a survival strategy. He or she cannot be expected to understand the unfortunate long-range consequences

By spring 1945, the time for action looked imminent. Nazi Germany was collapsing, and the march into Berlin would soon cut off the head of the snake. Throughout Norway, the sabotage of railway transports, ports, ships, and communication lines was hobbling the Wehrmacht and obstructing the removal of its troops to reinforce their defenses inside Germany itself.

Some, like Heisenberg, were already putting together the framework of their own defense, conveniently justifying the failure of their efforts as a calculated strategy to keep Hitler from obtaining the bomb.

Lev looks at Risa, almost afraid to ask the obvious question. Finally he says, 'Uh...why do we have a baby?' 'Ask him ,' says Risa. Stone-faced, Conner looks out of the window. 'They're looking for two boys and a girl. Having a baby will throw them off.' 'Great,' snaps Risa. 'Maybe we should all pick up a baby along the way.

Griping is for those without a plan of action...

And so when the scar wraith approached him, he took a diagonal step backward putting himself behind Squirrel like a king retreating behind a pawn.

Maybe that had been his plan all along, or maybe not. But one thing's for certain- now that I had said it, it was his plan.

A scythe doesn't have to follow through on a threat for it to be effective.

A game of chess, then, where all the pieces are invisible!" "If you like," said Greyson.

a pawn can be as valuable as a knight in the right circumstance

al mandadero del barrio y estará dispuesto a jugar a los naipes con él». Estas palabras me hicieron pensar en Maquiavelo jugando a los dados con los campesinos.

There are no good wars or bad wars. The only thing bad about a war is to lose it. All wars have been fought for a so-called good Cause on both sides. But only the victor's Cause becomes history's Noble Cause. It's not a matter of who is right or who is wrong, it's a matter of who has the best generals and the better army!

Baby, that's grammar school. Any damn fool can beg up some kind of job; it takes a wise man to make it without working. Out here we call it hustling. I'd like to be a good hustler.

No hay guerras buenas o malas. Lo unico malo de una guerra es perderla. En todas las guerras ambos lados creen pelear por una buena causa. No se trata de saber quien tiene o no la razón, ¡se trata de comprobar quien tiene los mejores generales y el mejor ejercito!

Dazzled as he was, Cortés was also aware that with a single command Motecuhzoma could order his army "to obliterate all memory of us." The Spaniards counteracted this threat by inventing a pretext to seize the tlatoani in his own palace, making him first their captive and then their puppet.