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Strategic thinking Quotes

"I'm as proud of many of the things we haven't done as the things we have done. Innovation is saying no to a thousand things."

"When [competitors are] in the shower in the morning, they're thinking about how they're going to get ahead of one of their top competitors. Here in the shower, we're thinking about how we are going to invent something on behalf of a customer."

"The wise warrior avoids the battle."

"Convince your enemy that he will gain very little by attacking you; this will diminish his enthusiasm."

"He will win who knows when to fight and when not to fight."

"If you have an enemy, then learn and know your enemy, don’t just be mad at him or her."

"If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in ever"

"When you’re first thinking through an idea, it’s important not to get bogged down in complexity. Thinking simply and clearly, is hard to do."

"Solving big problems is easier than solving little problems"

"High office teaches decisiveness instead of details."

"I think the most important discipline I learned from poker was the method of decision making."

"In crises the most daring course is often safest"

"We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction."

"You must always be able to predict what's next and then have the flexibility to evolve"

"Play long-term games with long-term people"

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