Eight, sir; seven, sir; Six, sir; five, sir; Four, sir; Three, sir; Two, sir; one! Tenser, said the Tensor. Tenser, said the Tensor. Tension, apprehension, And dissension have begun.
All strategy depends on competition.
Any approach to strategy quickly encounters a conflict between corporate objectives and corporate capabilities. Attempting the impossible is not good strategy. It is just a waste of resources.
The essential element of successful strategy is that it derives its success from the differences between competitors with a consequent difference in their behavior.
Any corporate policy and plan which is typical of the industry is doomed to mediocrity. Where this is not so, it should be possible to demonstrate that all other competitors are at a distinct disadvantage.
Your most dangerous competitors are those that are most like you.
The objective is to enlarge the scope of your advantage which can only happen at someone else's expense.
It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.
Most marriages don't add two people together. They subtract one from the other.
In the deepest realm of being, is the imagination of ourselves. What is your next evolutionary leap? What are you imagining, (for yourself) right now?
No longer were there individual destinies; only a collective destiny, made of plague and emotions shared by all.