STRATEGY/PREPARATION & SUCCESS
Knowing where we are establishes the beginning point.
Knowing where we are going establishes the ending point.
Establishing the path between those points shows us where to take the necessary steps.
"It isn't sufficient just to want -- you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want."
-- Richard D. Rosen
"The reason why most people face the future with apprehension instead of anticipation is because they don't have it well designed."
-- Jim Rohn
"I am tomorrow, or some future day, what I establish today. I am today what I established yesterday or some previous day."
-- Harvey Spencer Lewis
"A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow."
-- George S. Patton
"Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs."
-- Henry Ford
"Developing the plan is actually laying out the sequence of events that have to occur for you to achieve your goal."
-- George L. Morrisey
"The wise man bridges the gap by laying out the path by means of which he can get from where he is to where he wants to go."
-- John Pierpont Morgan
"In action be primitive; in foresight, a strategist."
-- Rene Char
"Every evening, write down the six most important things that you must do the next day. Then while you sleep your subconscious will work on the best ways for you to accomplish them. Your next day will go much more smoothly."
-- Tom Hopkins
"Some self-confronting questions: 'Where do I want to be at any given time?' 'How am I going to get there? 'What do I have to do to get myself from where I am to where I want to be?'... 'What's the first, small step I can take to get moving?'
-- George A. Ford
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one."
-- Mark Twain
"Perception is strong and sight weak. In strategy it is important to see distant things as if they were close and to take a distanced view of close things."
-- Miyamoto Musashi
"The trouble with many plans is that they are based on the way things are now. To be successful, your personal plan must focus on what you want, not what you have."
-- Nido Qubein
"Remember Raymond Rubican's edict, 'Resist the usual.' The only way to achieve this is to pour a strategy through an individual so it comes out personal."
-- Alexander Kroll
"When schemes are laid in advance, it is surprising how often the circumstances will fit in with them."
-- Sir William Osler
"Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men."
-- Miyamoto Musashi
"Reduce your plan to writing. The moment you complete this, you will have definitely given concrete form to the intangible desire."
-- Napoleon Hill
"A good plan is like a road map: it shows the final destination and usually the best way to get there."
-- H. Stanley Judd
Definitions of Success
Recognition & Success
Dreams & Success
Purpose & Success
Self-Expression & Success
Mind/Thought & Success
Visualization & Success
Personal Growth & Success
Commitment/Enthusiasm & Success
Strategy/Preparation & Success
Service & Success
Projection/Energy & Success
Action & Success
Perseverence/Persistence & Success
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