Strategic Planning Quotes

"When the outlook is bright, bring it before their eyes; but tell them nothing when the situation is gloomy." "When your army has crossed the border, you should burn your boats and bridges, in order to make it clear to everybody that you have no hankering after home." "I very frequently get the question, “What’s going to change in the next ten years?” And that is a very interesting question; it’s a very common one. I almost never get the question, “What’s not going to change in the next ten years?” And I submit to you that that second question is actually the more important of the two, because you can build a business strategy around the things that are stable in time." "Day 2 companies make high-quality decisions, but they make high-quality decisions slowly. To keep the energy and dynamism of Day 1, you have to somehow make high-quality, high-velocity decisions." "In business, I think the most important thing is to position yourself for the long term and not be too impatient" "If you want great things to happen in your career, think big… Focus on the future. Double-down on innovation" "Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends" "The essence of leadership is being able to see the iceberg before it hits the Titanic." "The enemy gets a vote" "Most decisions are not binary, and there are usually better answers waiting to be found if you do the analysis and involve the right people" "Before dreaming about the future or marking plans, you need to articulate what you already have going for you as entrepreneurs" "No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time" "Any conversation I have about innovation starts with the ultimate goal" "I don’t just try to score. The challenge is elevating my teammates to be able to win a championship." "If you're competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering." "So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak." "Thus we may know that there are five essentials for victory: 1) He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight; 2) he will win who knows how to handle both superior and inferior forces; 3) he will win whose army is animated by the same spirit th" "It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and thereby they achieve great results." "Move not unless you see an advantage; use not your troops unless there is something to be gained; fight not unless the position is critical." "Hence that general is skillful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skillful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack."