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“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.” – [...]

“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 [...]

“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 [...]

“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 [...]

“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 [...]

“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.  [...]