“Vladimir Putin will be up for reelection, and he has shifted his whole political strategy inside of Russia from one where he promised the Russians pretty much a chicken in every pot, a better economic way of life.” PoliticalEconomicStrategyPot Author:Michael McFaul
“People change, mature, and develop their values, attitudes, and preferences as a function of age. It is actually a strategy deployed by many organizations. The idea is that once Millennials grow up -get a mortgage, family- they will start acting like us and sharing our values. Personally, I would not make that bet. Even if it were to happen, Millennials are putting off seven or more years what other generations have done. Waiting for Millennials to "grow up" is risky when it comes to knowledge transfer, talent development, and competitive advantage.” PeopleDoneAgeValuesWaitingActingAttitudeGrowing UpTalentStrategySevenMatureMortgage Author:Chip Espinoza
“I think we have to think about strategies that will help kids who have disabilities.” ThinkingHelpingKidsStrategyDisability Author:Soledad O'Brien
“I say that the genius of the marketing strategy that we've had in every company that I've ever been in, is that if you ask your customers what they want and you give it to them, you shouldn't be shocked if they love it.” GivingGeniusStrategyMarketing Author:John J. Legere
“I think this job at T-Mobile has more than anything else helped me really see and understand how to set a strategy, communicate like crazy, and then passionately lead from the front of it.” ThinkingCrazyStrategyCommunicate Author:John J. Legere
“In Speaking Out I do my best to answer those questions I was asked and more, and I provide strategies for how to speak out and keep on speaking out without burning out.” SpeakStrategySpeaking Out Author:Tara Moss
“Speaking Out is honest about some of the challenges posed by speaking out and looks at possible responses and coping strategies. By comparing notes, we can help guide each other through what can be challenging life experiences.” HelpingChallengesHonestStrategyResponseCompareLife ExperienceCopingSpeaking Out Author:Tara Moss
“The beauty of moving naturally, i.e. walking and gardening, is they're low impact. You're less likely to fall down and break a hip. Setting up your life so you're nudged into general physical activity every day is a strategy for your entire life from age 10 to 100.” AgeMovingFallBreakWalkingStrategyGardeningFalling Down Author:Dan Buettner
“The gym and the treadmill is a good idea. But the problem is we spend so much effort in marketing messaging, deluding people into thinking if you get on your treadmill or you go to the gym, that's what you need. People who join a gym, the vast majority of them have quit within nine months and almost all of them have quit within two years. So if it's a longevity strategy, does not work.” PeopleThinkingProblemEffortStrategyMarketingQuittingGymLongevity Author:Dan Buettner
“Tillerson, at ExxonMobil, brokered multibillion-dollar deals with Russia, meeting with Putin multiple times. In 2013, he received the Order of Friendship award from Putin himself. But Tillerson today said he'd support continuing sanctions against Russia for now. He also implied his intimate knowledge of Russia meant he understood its strategy, and could anticipate its moves, to America's benefit.” TodayMovingSupportStrategyMeetingsIntimateMultiple Author:Margaret Warner
“What we're trying to do in conversational intelligence is not only define that trust continuum for people, not only helping them notice, which is so important, what's happening in them and others when distrust lives, but also how to bring people in trust. When they do, what happens, this part of our brain, the prefrontal cortex is loaded with wisdom, integrity, strategy, insights, empathy, foresight. It's beautiful. It's so designed for that, and often it's turned off because people don't have trust with each other.” PeopleTryingImportantHelpingBeautifulBrainIntegrityEmpathyStrategyInsightDistrustForesight Author:Judith E. Glaser
“Russia has a strategy of creating the conditions that give rise to corruption, then exploiting that corruption to its own benefit.” GivingStrategyCorruption Author:Al Franken
“We're trying our best to develop sort of strategies. We have already turned into law a labor reform law that will allow for more opportunities to ensue. We have also established a permits law that will facilitate permits in Puerto Rico. We are about to roll out a comprehensive tax reform that will enhance the base and will reduce the rates in Puerto Rico.” TryingOpportunityTaxesLaborStrategyRatePuerto Rico Author:Ricky Rossello
“As prime minister, Canadians expect me to do two things: To stand up for Canadian interests and project Canadian values; and to have a good, constructive relationship with our largest trading partner and closest neighbor, the United States. Those two things are not incompatible. It requires a very deliberate strategy and approach, but I think we've done that.” ThinkingDoneValuesInterestStrategyNeighborTrading Author:Justin Trudeau
“I don't have a grand strategy for my career. I just look for good material, and good stories. I look for good scripts.” Strategy Author:Dennis Quaid
“I think everybody who really wants to change things has to allow themselves to be angry in a constructive way, and you have to fully understand the thing you're trying to change. We really need to get serious about this now; there needs to be real, effective programs. I think there needs to be a little bit more strategy involved and a little more realism, to be pragmatic and realistic, looking at the way we as women contribute to the problem. Once the second half of the population stops doing it, it's going to end.” ThinkingTryingRealProblemSeriousProgramStrategyRealisticBeing RealPragmaticTrying To Change Author:Christina Ricci
“Some cynical people may see that the only reason I'm doing something more mainstream is part of a strategy to become more successful but I just see it as a bonus. It just happened... that's the way it is and there's an opportunity there and we're going to take advantage of it. I'd rather if I'm going to be working as hard as I've been working for the last two years - non-stop, solid, no personal life, no break - then I want what I've been working on to be as successful as possible. And I will take advantage of every opportunity that comes my way.” PeopleReasonOpportunityBreakSuccessfulStrategyMy WayCynicalPersonal Life Author:Ben Drew
“A lot of people voted for Trump because of the promises he made around jobs. And so it's a failed political strategy if the goal actually is to get Trump impeached. Trump's not going to get impeached if he's still useful to the Republican party, and the only thing that makes him not useful to the Republican party is if his base turns on him. And that's not going to happen over Russia. That's going to happen over economic betrayal. But that's not going to happen if no one knows that it's happening.” PeoplePoliticalGoalPartyEconomicPromiseRepublicanStrategyBetrayalRepublican Party Author:Naomi Klein
“Community after community is rising up, ranchers, developers, environmentalists, and local commissioners, all saying this is not the best use of our public lands. It is a story that is largely unknown in the rest of the country. It is a disturbing and community-destroying example of domestic imperialism being waged against people in places deeply connected to the public lands that are our public commons. The Bush energy policy is a short-term strategy based on corporate greed instead of a sustainable vision of what best supports local economies and healthy ecosystems.” PeopleCountryEnergyCommunityVisionSupportEconomyPolicyHealthyStrategyGreedImperialismEnvironmentalist Author:Terry Tempest Williams
“In rock, paper, scissors the key is, and this is the best piece of advice that I can give you, if you do think that you recognize the pattern from your opponent, it's good to try to throw a tie as opposed to a win. A tie will very often get you a tie or a win, whereas a win will get you a win or a loss. For example, if you think that someone might throw a rock, it's good to throw rock back at them. You should be going for ties. That's actually a really good strategy to win at rock, paper, scissors. There's my rock, paper, scissors advice for you.” ThinkingGivingTryingWinningLossAdviceStrategy Author:Annie Duke
“Sadly, too many corporate leaders still believe that the way to boost productivity and profits is to continually reduce salaries, benefits, and training expenditures, a strategy that can be taken only so far. At a certain point in a developed society, salaries and benefits can't be slashed further and, in the long term, comparative economic advantage then must be realized through the effective mobilization of an educated, engaged, and loyal workforce.” BelieveLongTermLeaderTakenEconomicTrainingStrategyProductivityEducatedLong TermLoyal Author:James O'Toole
“By all indications, American business leaders are more adept at creating business strategies than they are skilled at human capital management. American entrepreneurs are world-beaters when it comes to creating new businesses, and corporate managers are adept at using the latest marketing, financial, and technological practices.” LeaderManagementStrategyEntrepreneurMarketingFinancialTechnologicalNew Business Author:James O'Toole
“Strategic thinkers were naturally rattled to find this outsider fooling around with their work. They had been thinking strategically when Reagan was just another movie actor playing opposite a chimpanzee, for heaven's sake. They think Reagan is too naive, too innocent, to grasp the intellectual complexities of cold war strategy.” ThinkingWarActorsHeavenColdIntellectualOppositesStrategySakeInnocentComplexityThinkerOutsidersCold WarNaiveStrategicChimpanzeesWar StrategyMovie ActorsFooling Around Author:Russell Baker
“My strategy to show caricature idea of American youth culture, which I think worked after talking about it for so many years, is that I had only a few things. I wanted to buy my own wardrobe for Rock 'N' Roll High School, which of course they said "Yes" to, because their clothing budget was $200, and I ended up spending my whole salary - which I think was about $2,100 - on my clothes. And also, any time I was onscreen, I wanted to have as much energy as I possibly could. I think it just really worked for the character.” ThinkingCharacterSchoolCultureEnergyYouthHigh SchoolStrategyWardrobe Author:P. J. Soles
“I don't seem to have any real strategy or pattern when it comes to love... At times I've been really guarded and careful and afraid to trust someone. But other times, you want to jump in headfirst. I've had moments of thinking, this is who I love and I don't care what anyone says. Those moments are beautiful and wild and exciting, but I've learned that those moments can end up hurting you in the end. I've been careful in love. I've been careless in love. And I've had adventures I wouldn't trade for anything.” ThinkingRealMomentsCareBeautifulHurtAdventureExcitingTradeStrategyCareful Author:Taylor Swift
“I honestly have no strategy whatsoever. I'm waiting for that script to pop through the letterbox and completely surprise me.” WaitingHonestStrategySurpriseScriptsPopsHonestlySurprise Me Author:Ben Kingsley
“I saw Nader shortly before the election and - I voted him the time before, because I liked the sort of long-term strategy of building a viable third party. So, okay, we'll get enough votes, you get a little bit more money, and maybe, if there's continued growth, then maybe eventually there's hope for a viable, legitimate third party. I think the reason why I didn't vote for him last time was because we tried that and it didn't work. Ralph Nader is a very smart guy, and I think he's got a lot of good ideas.” ThinkingReasonEnoughGuyGrowthPartyBuildingSmartOkayVoteElectionStrategyLast TimeVery Smart Author:Aaron McGruder
“Leftists are activists. This is a strategy. Liberalism, communism, socialism, you don't need to go too deep - a peripheral study of Marxism. And you'll learn that Marxism, leftism, liberalism, they have long-term strategies for taking over and controlling whole populations. It is their objective.” StudyStrategySocialismCommunismLiberalismActivistMarxism Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Liberalism, communism, socialism are about denying individual liberty and creating a collective with a top down command-and-control government and economy. Conservatives are individuals and not activists at all, and so there is no such strategy to bend, shape, and form a country.” CountryIndividualLibertyEconomyStrategySocialismCommunismLiberalismActivistIndividual Liberty Author:Rush Limbaugh
“It is a bad situation, the current state of the Labour leadership, a collective failure, the collapse of strategy and vision on all sides.” SituationVisionStrategyLabour Author:Owen Jones
“Sixteen years after 9/11, we still don't even know what to call the enemy, rather than form a comprehensive strategy.” EnemyStrategy Author:Ali Soufan
“I'm always surprised at what I actually end up doing movies because I don't have a strategy or a game plan, especially now that I'm making my own choices where to act. I love strange things; my favorite movies are weird, eclectic, and intriguing.” ChoicesStrangeStrategyMy FavoriteIntriguingEclecticGame Plan Author:Gemma Arterton
“Every political race I've started, I've entered as an underdog and a long shot. This is certainly no exception. But I happen to be the best person for this job. Democrats need someone who can win. And there are two strategies for winning: You can energize the base, which is the strategy the party has used in the last couple of elections...unfortunately without success.Or you can energize and expand the base and bring the campaign to states where we've not had much success particularly in the heartland.” HeartLongPoliticalWinningPartyCoupleElectionStrategyDemocratBeing The BestExceptionUnderdog Author:Tom Vilsack
“Often people say they can't base their strategies on customers because customers make unreasonable requests and because customers vary too much. Such opinions reveal serious misconceptions. The truly outside-in company definitely does not try to serve all the needs of its customers. Instead, its managers are clear about what their organization can and should do for customers, and whatever they do they do well. They focus.” PeopleTryingOpinionFocusSeriousStrategyVaryMisconception Author:Barbara Bund
“The decision-makers should communicate the customer pictures and the logic of the strategies and actions. That communication allows employees throughout the organization to implement the strategies and actions, tweaking them appropriately in response to variations in the marketplace. It also allows employees to recognize information in the marketplace that contradicts the customer pictures, either because the pictures were not entirely correct or because customers have changed.” ActionChangedCommunicationLogicStrategyResponseCommunicateEmployee Author:Barbara Bund
“The better strategy is to focus on strengths and surround yourself with people who can complement your skills. However, you have to first do the analysis.” PeopleFocusStrategySurroundSurround YourselfComplementSurround Yourself With People Author:Robert S. Kaplan
“Democrats are just as divided as Republicans these days. Embarrassed by their election losses, they are fighting over everything from their diagnosis of why Trump beat them in 2016 to how much to stake themselves on an oust-him-at-all-costs strategy now. Their internal battles may not be as sexy as the unprecedented hostile takeover of the GOP by an outsider president not beholden to it - yet they are just as consequential.” FightingPresidentLossRepublicanBattleElectionStrategyDemocratSexyOutsidersEmbarrassedGop Author:Susan Glasser
“So far Trump has done everything he could possibly do to pit Americans against each other, to sow division, to fuel distrust of American against American, to adopt a kind of Bannonite strategy of fueling racial antagonism, xenophobic antagonism against Dreamers, et cetera.” KindDoneStrategyDreamerDistrust Author:Neera Tanden
“Why would I strike America and invite a retaliatory counterstrike that would put an end to my regime? Keep in mind, the whole point of this - my entire strategy, all our efforts and the hardships we have borne - is to ensure that my regime and I survive. Why would I risk that? I believe in assassination, not suicide.” MindBelieveI BelieveEffortRiskSuicideStrategyHardship Author:Kim Jong-un
“When I'm marketing a film, whether its mine or someone else's, I work with a great deal of strategy and elbow grease until the job is done. It's pretty simple really. I just dive in and start digging. Yes, I'm fortunate to know the in's and out's of a true studio-level marketing campaign. But really, anyone who is diligent and well-researched can pull it off too. Its easier for me, but it doesn't make it impossible for others.” DoneFilmSimpleImpossibleStrategyMarketingGrease Author:Ava DuVernay
“I hated motivators - never been a motivator. Motivation is like a warm bath, and you should take a bath probably, but you need more than that; you need strategy. I was a strategist, but nobody responded to that, so I was, like, "OK, what am I? I'm a coach. I'm not a guru." As an athlete, I had great coaches, and I was a better athlete than many of them, but they still were better than I was as a coach because they could see when I couldn't see. I thought, that's great, because I'm not better than anybody, but I do have the skills that I can help people.” PeopleHelpingMotivationStrategyAthleteCoachesHatedGuru Author:Tony Robbins
“An effective strategy almost always involves both doing something and not doing something, and knowing when to choose the right alternative. To succeed, the strategy that is chosen ultimately depends on the acquisition of as much information as possible.” SucceedStrategyChosen Author:John E Ferling
“I try to employ a different strategy for each story. Often, I'll have a specific look in mind before I even have the story to go with it. I'm not so much interested in forcing the issue of reader identification through various graphic tricks. I'm more interested in creating specific characters that resonate with my own particular inner struggles.” TryingMindDifferentCharacterStruggleStrategyVariousGraphic Author:Daniel Clowes
“You've gotta understand what Putin's strategy is. He really doesn't like democracy. He thinks it's an inconvenient, messy process. And he doesn't like us, and he wants to destabilize our country; sow doubt about our democracy.” ThinkingCountryDemocracyDoubtStrategyMessy Author:Stephen Colbert
“It's important to understand the policy of the U.S. towards North Korea is to deny North Korea possession of a nuclear weapon and the ability to deliver that weapon. Our strategy has been to undertake this peaceful pressure campaign we call it enabled by the four no's.The four no's being that we do not seek regime change, a regime collapse, an accelerated reunification of the peninsula, and we do not seek a reason to send our forces north of the demilitarized zone.” ImportantReasonAbilityPolicyStrategyPossessionPeacefulZoneNuclear WeaponsNorth Korea Author:Rex W. Tillerson
“The important thing to know about playing to win and playing not to lose is that there are actually different neural networks that are being used. It's not very easy to do both at the same time and, if you are trying to have a playing to win mentality, you're going for it, there's some things that trip you up or trigger the wrong neural network. If you start worrying about your mistakes all of a sudden, if you get too focused on the facts and the details, these are going to shift your neural networks and sort of screw up your strategy.” TryingImportantDifferentWinningEasyMistakeWorryStrategyFocusedMentality Author:Po Bronson
“Donald Trump clearly doesn't have the intellectual capacity to have a concept of what he's doing. I think he has a very strong instinct for using lying to assert power, and that's what he does. Every time he lies, he's saying "I can say whatever I want, whenever I want to, and there's nothing you can do about it." I think he understands that instinctively. He has a finely honed sense for power and manipulation. Bullying is another way to put it. He's a highly skilled bully, but bullying is not a very sophisticated strategy.” ThinkingLyingStrongIntellectualStrategyInstinctManipulationBullyingVery StrongSophisticatedBully Author:Masha Gessen
“There is only one real 'risk' and danger regarding the nuclear escalation in North Korean: that the world is quickly accepting as inevitable the fact that the Western thuggish regimes can get away with anything. I see no other serious problem that the world today is facing. What is Kim Jong-un's strategy? To defend his people by all means, against the brutal force that has already murdered millions of people of Korea. It is all very simple, but only if one is willing to turn off the BBC and to use his or her own brain, it becomes 'obvious'.” PeopleWorldMeanRealProblemTodaySimpleBrainAcceptingDangerSeriousStrategyWesternInevitableGet AwayBrutalNorth KoreaKoreanNorth Korean Author:Andre Vltchek
“We have to establish a joint strategy on other issues, such as Iran and North Korea, but also on climate change. That's why I think it is important to speak at length with the American president Donald Trump and show him a path forward for possible cooperation. I feel an obligation to do so.” ThinkingImportantSpeakPresidentPathStrategyClimate ChangeObligationCooperationNorth KoreaAmerican President Author:Emmanuel Macron
“Sports is a perfect activity in which to see streaks and cycles, organizational and otherwise, in action - and to watch confidence build or erode. There are repeated episodes of performance with similar rules and clear winners or losers. I added team sports to my studies of business because there are excellent parallels to work groups in the performance of sports teams and also excellent parallels to larger, more complex businesses or organizations in the strategy, structure, and culture surrounding any particular team.” ActionCultureSportsPerfectStudyTeamStrategyWinnerExcellentLoserOrganizational Author:Rosabeth Moss Kanter