Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control the people.
America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests.
To be an enemy of America can be dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal.
Invest in what you know.
Strategy is not the consequence of planning, but the opposite: its starting point.
Strategy is a pattern in a stream of decisions.
Focus on one thing, make it your priority, and stick with it no matter what!
A plan without action is not a plan. It’s a speech.
A Fool with a Plan is better off than a Genius without a Plan!
When you are hunting elephants, don’t get distracted chasing rabbits.
Strategy is about setting yourself apart from the competition. It’s not a matter of being better at what you do – it’s a matter of being different at what you do.
Competitive strategy is about being different. It means deliberately choosing a different set of activities to deliver a unique mix of value.
The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.
Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it’s about deliberately choosing to be different.
Strategy is choice. Strategy means saying no to certain kinds of things.
Strategic thinking rarely occurs spontaneously.
A pivot is a change in strategy without a change in vision.
Marketing strategy is a series of integrated actions leading to a sustainable competitive advantage.
If you’re not putting out relevant content in relevant places, you don’t exist.
A leader’s job is to look into the future and see the organization, not as it is, but as it should be.