“Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.” – Napoleon Bonaparte We’ve spent time in this space talking about the importance of planning, of thinking about WHERE you want to be before taking action, etc. Certainly there are too many businesses out there who lack focus … Read more
“There was no such thing as luck. Luck was a word idiots used to explain the consequences of their own rashness, and selfishness, and stupidity. More often than not bad luck meant bad plans.” – Joe Abercrombie Today’s quote is a little harsh, which I suppose is to be expected when you take a quote … Read more
“Strategic planning is worthless – unless there is first a strategic vision.” – John Naisbitt In last week’s post I talked about how important it is to plan, and a few key things that make up part of a successful planning process. As a few of you reminded me, there are many other things that … Read more
“In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” – Dwight Eisenhower I wouldn’t necessarily agree that plans are useless, but I think what Eisenhower meant was right on. Once the shooting starts (or for those of us fortunate enough not to get shot at on a regular … Read more
“Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win.” – Sun Tzu A recent Mindshop survey asked business leaders around the world to pick what they thought was a likely theme for their organization in 2014. The most common response was “Growth”. Based … Read more
“If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” – Lao Tzu I had an interesting conversation with someone recently about leaders and exit strategies. The main idea of the discussion was that, unfortunately, many leaders have no idea what their organizations might look like without them. What’s worse, many … Read more
“A good plan implemented today is better than a perfect plan implemented tomorrow.” – George Patton Four different conversations I’ve had in the past two weeks reminded me of the quote above. There are a lot of leaders out there who just can’t quite pull the trigger on something because they think some piece of … Read more
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