Quotes About Planning

Predetermine the objectives you want to accomplish. Think big, act big and set out to accomplish big results.

One of the lessons of 9/11 and (Hurricane) Katrina was 'communication, communication, communication, .. We don't want to have to say 'should have, could have, would have.'.

My job the same as carpenter. What kind of house you want to build? What kind of food you want to make? You think your ingredients, your structure. Simple.

Well, today people have to be self-reliant if they want a secure retirement income.

Most people think that when it's time to buy a car, they should immediately go to the dealerships to find what they want. In reality, there's a lot of planning that should be done first.

I try to do a lot of research beforehand so I know where I want to go with a scene. I try not to get too stressed about it, because I find that's the worst thing

What has happened to the good old-fashioned travel agent? I want to go to a really posh travel agent and have them organize everything for me. I don't want to do things on the Internet.

Plan what you are going to wear ahead of time. If you're going to an important dinner, you should always plan what you're going to wear because you don't want to look silly.

I am thinking more and more about what I want to and can do after my days as an active athlete. Thoughts like family and marriage also cross my mind more and more often.

If you want something you can't afford, think what else that money could buy: a week's groceries, a month's rent, or a weekend away. That will put things into perspective.

You mortgage yourself sometimes. You know what you want to do, then you balance it against paying the rent.

If I want to travel with my family I have to purchase 7 airline tickets.

I think it's very important to know what you want to do next versus just leave it up to chance, really position yourself in the right footings to get to where you want to be.

You don't destroy what you want to acquire in the future.

Working for with someone who has no idea what they wanted... it would just be so all over the place, especially with something on this scale. You have to know what you want with this.

In the enterprise you want to start intentionally small.

When one stops working at the height of one's career, it's just stupid not to say, 'I want to make sure I have a house.'

My pride and identity is wrapped up in my big trips. But I can't always be on one - I need to plan them and fund them, and I want some semblance of a normal life too.

Don't get ahead of yourself. Companies need time to figure out what they want to be.

When raising money, you want to look through the lens of 'What happens when things go wrong?'

I always have a backlog of like seven movies that I want to make.

One thing you don't want to do as a host is be running around all evening. Do as much as you can ahead of time, so all you have to do is grill the main ingredients.

My outlines are always very goal-based. What do I want to have happen by the ending and how can I earn that.

Think big. Make a plan and stick to it, and you can do anything you want to do.