Planning
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- The essence of formulating strategy is relating a company to its environment.
- The greatest foresight consists in determining beforehand the time of trouble. For the provident there are no mischances and for the careful no narrow escapes.
- The hard part of the plan isn’t making the plan, it’s sticking with the plan.
- The method of the enterprising is to plan with audacity and execute with vigor; to sketch out a map of possibilities, and then to treat them as probabilities.
- The relevant question is not simply what shall we do tomorrow, but rather what shall we do today in order to get ready for tomorrow.
- The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
- The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score.
- The waste of time for want of planning its best uses is the costliest expenditure of our lives.
- There is no substitute for work. Worthwhile results come from hard work and careful planning.
- There's nothing wrong with having a plan. Plans are great. But missions are better. Missions survive when plans fail, and plans almost always fail.
- Things rarely get stuck because of lack of time. They get stuck because the doing of them has not been defined.
- To cure is the voice of the past; to prevent, the divine whisper of to-day.
- To will is to select a goal, determine a course of action that will bring one to that goal, and then hold to that action till the goal is reached. The key is action.
- Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.
- We have all heard the saying "the man with a plan is king." I believe a man without a plan is just a pawn to circumstance and embarking on a losing strategy.
- We must discipline ourselves to convert dreams into plans, and plans into goals, and goals into those small daily activities that will lead us, one sure step at a time, toward a better future.
- Well arranged time is the surest mark of a well arranged mind.
- What get’s scheduled gets done.
- When short-term tasks feel trivial, lumping them into a larger goal makes them meaningful. When long-term goals feel impossible, slicing them into smaller pieces makes them manageable.
- When you fail to prepare, you’re preparing to fail.
- Winners take imperfect action while losers are still perfecting the plan.
- Write your goals down — and be specific. Then review them regularly, and you’ll be more motivated on tough days.
- Write your goals on a sheet of paper. Circle the three most important. Avoid doing any work on anything that’s not circled.
- You can analyse the past, but you need to design the future. That is the difference between suffering the future and enjoying it.
- You don’t need to predict the future. Just choose a direction and work towards it.
- You must have long-range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short-range failures.
- You need a plan to build a house. To build a life, it is even more important to have a plan or goal.
- You shouldn’t expect to fail, but you should plan for failure. The fastest way to get back on track is to know what to do when you’re off it.
- Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.