Quotes About Planning

This armchair strategist never possessed the qualities for true generalship, because he ignored practical problems.

Game plan is bigger than the match plan only in that sport where a lot of money is involved.

The easiest way to get the chairperson to adjourn the session is to jointly create ruckus and commotion in a pre-decided fashion in the midst of deliberation and discussion.

Make your bargain before beginning to plow.

Don't procrastinate. Don't let all the work fall on the shoulders of "Future You." That's an abuse of your own energy and disrespect of your future self.

When we deliberate it is about means and not ends.

Pull yourself together. Where are you right now?" "I'm in the van on the side of the road," I said. "Are you crazy? Stick to the plan. Drive. Now.

A first-rate Organizer is never in a hurry. He is never late. He always keeps up his sleeve a margin for the unexpected.

If you imagine that you will be able to achieve your ideal by ingeniously planning out a timetable with a pen on a piece of paper, you had better give up hope at once.If you are not prepared for discouragements and disillusions; if you will not be content with a small result for a big effort, then do not begin. Lie down again and resume the uneasy doze which you call your existence.

Beware of undertaking too much at the start. Be content with quite a little. Allow for accidents. Allow for human nature, especially your own.

Happy is the person who knows what to remember of the past, what to enjoy in the present, and what to plan for in the future.

Wanhoop kost tijd en als hij iets niet heeft dan is het dat: tijd. Hij zou er ruimte voor moeten maken in zijn agenda. Misschien kan hij van de winter een weekend inruimen voor wanhoop.

spend very little time reflecting on my future...I know there is nothing I can do about tomorrow, other than what I am willing to do today.

Dunn's Law: Careful planning is no substitute for dumb luck.

Planning for the end, then, is our next challenge—and opportunity. CHAPTER 5 Ponder Your Death A couple of years ago I was having lunch with an old friend, a CEO who is almost exactly my age.

In your next phase of life . . . What activities will you keep? What activities will you evolve and do differently? What activities will you let go of? What new activities will you learn? And to start . . . What will you commit to doing in the next week to evolve into the new you? What will you commit to doing in the next month? What will you commit to doing within six months? In a year, what will be the first fruits to appear as a result of your commitments?

1. ALLOCATE TIME WELL AHEAD OF TIME

3. INVEST INTELLIGENTLY

I'm not qualified for anything. I've had lots of little jobs, like picking grapes and being a tax man. I can't imagine not writing, because I've done it since I was five or six. Maybe I'd work in academia. That's always what the plan was.

Joseph Bazalgette created a sewer system which he originally sized for London's needs of the time - he then doubled it to anticipate the future beyond. These are the qualities that I admire.

We can say, 'OK, I'm going to be in the car for an hour; what can I do to improve my quality of life during that hour?'

Auto executives have shunned the limits-of-growth issues and concentrated nearly all their energies on the next quarter's sales and next year's models.

United spent $1.2 billion repurchasing shares in 2015 and plans to spend $1.5 billion on share repurchases in the first quarter of 2016. We have a lot of positive momentum, but this is just the beginning.

Knowing where you stand in your quest to accumulate enough money for retirement is an incredibly important part of the planning process.