Quotes About Planning

todo socialismo, al poner en marcha la planificación económica, al acabar con la competencia y la propiedad privada, establece automáticamente un mecanismo que a la corta o a la larga liquida el pluralismo político y las libertades, lo quieran o no los planificadores.

Por más que uno fuera precavido y planeara sus acciones con la mayor lucidez, la vida, más compleja que todos los cálculos, hacía estallar los esquemas y los reemplazaba por situaciones inciertas y contradictorias.

El efecto práctico de esta creencia es el socialismo (que Hayek identifica con la planificación económica y el dirigismo estatista), un sistema que, para imponerse, necesita la abolición de la libertad, de la propiedad privada, del respeto de los contratos, de la independencia de la justicia y la limitación de la libre iniciativa individual.

Selon Hayek, tout socialisme, lorsqu'il active la planification économique et met fin à la concurrence et à la propriété privée, établit automatiquement un mécanisme qui, à plus ou moins brève échéance, liquide le pluralisme politique et les libertés, que les planificateurs le veuillent ou non.

Bowman immediately went to work, writing furiously in his notepad. A staff colonel asked what he was doing, and the major said, "I'm making a wish list." If he'd read the scene correctly, he said, "We are going to get called in to see General Tolson in about fifteen minutes, and we're about to get everything we need.

Until structures are in place for great ideas to be implemented, even the best of them will wind up on a treadmill that may speed up or slow down but will go nowhere.

Anticipation is the heart of wisdom. If you are going to cross a desert, you anticipate that you will be thirsty, and you take water.

I guess I can picture things once they're done - I just can't picture actually doing them.

I believe that the biggest mistake that most people make when it comes to their retirement is they do not plan for it. They take the same route as Alice in the story from "Alice in Wonderland," in which the cat tells Alice that surely, she will get somewhere as long as she walks long enough. It may not be exactly where you wanted to get to, but you certainly get somewhere.

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one.

WE ALMOST NEVER think of the present, and when we do, it is only to see what light it throws on our plans for the future.1 These are Pascal's words, and it is easy to see how perceptive he was about the virtual nonexistence of the present, consumed as we are by using the past to plan what-comes-next, a moment away or in the distant future. That

Luck is not a business model.

Prior Preparation Prevents Poor Performance, as they say in the army - and I always, always want to be ready. Just like Bigfoot.

One can almost always achieve surprise in war by suddenly doing something that is truly stupid, but surprise alone is scarcely victory.

How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow I'm committed to?

The meeting of preparation with opportunity generates the offspring we call luck." —Anthony Robbins

Remember this: anticipation is the ultimate power. Losers react; leaders anticipate.

The secret of all victory lies in the organization of the nonobvious. —MARCUS AURELIUS

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. —BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

diversify across time. And that's what dollar-cost averaging does for you.

We all know that asset allocation is the most important part of our success

Asset allocation, 2. Diversification, 3. Tax efficiency.

an immediate income, your returns are reinvested in a tax-deferred environment so that when you're ready you can, at will, turn on the income stream you want for the rest of your life. You can literally have a schedule for what your income will be when you're 40, 50, 60—for every year of your life.

Asset allocation is everything!