Make Strategic Moves Quotes
Effort without strategy is just noise. The man who picks his battles, times his moves, and thinks two steps ahead wins fights before they start. This Execution path holds history's sharpest quotes on strategy and decision-making. Scroll through and put them to work.
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“Never make a big decision without sleeping on it.”
“You need to be surrounded by good advisers, but you also need to trust your instinct.”
“A great decision is the result of a good process, not a great outcome.”
“The quality of our lives is the sum of decision quality plus luck.”
“The score takes care of itself.”
“If you're good at course correcting, being wrong may be less costly than you think, whereas being slow is going to be expensive for sure.”
“Some decisions are consequential and irreversible—one-way doors—and these decisions must be made methodically, carefully, slowly. But most decisions are changeable, reversible—they're two-way doors.”
“Measure twice, cut once.”
“Truth is what stands the test of experience.”
“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
“Efficiency is doing things right; effectiveness is doing the right things.”
“When in doubt, don't.”
“Do you have the patience to wait till your mud settles and the water is clear?”
“Sometimes it seems as if there are more solutions than problems. On closer scrutiny, it turns out that many of today’s problems are a result of yesterday’s solutions.”
“There are no solutions; there are only trade-offs.”
“The only thing better than ”hands-on” experience is hands-off experience - enough experience to understand that some things will turn out better if left alone.”
“Life has many good things. The problem is that most of these good things can be gotten only by sacrificing other good things.”
“Many bad policies are simply good policies taken too far.”
“True genius resides in the capacity for evaluation of uncertain, hazardous, and conflicting information.”
“To try to be safe everywhere is to be strong nowhere.”
“people seem to be more motivated by the thought of losing something than by the thought of gaining something of equal value.”
“Knowing what I now know, if I could go back in time, would I make the same choice?”
“It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.”
“Zoom in or zoom out. Problems that seem impossible at one level are often quite accessible from a different one.”
“Wisdom is making the right choice without all the information.”
“Are you solving problems at the branch level or the root level?”
“Position yourself to benefit from the external forces at hand and you will get more from the same unit of effort. Energy is conserved and results are multiplied.”
“If you’re already working hard, ideas are crucial. Most effort is wasted on mediocre ideas.”
“The two worst strategic mistakes to make are acting prematurely and letting an opportunity slip; to avoid this, the warrior treats each situation as if it were unique and never resorts to formulae, recipes or other people’s opinions.”
“Bad decisions made with good intentions are still bad decisions.”
“Most people think money is the key to reducing risk. Preparation is.”
