Trade offs Quotes

"The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do"

"Strategy 101 is about choices: You can't be all things to all people"

"The man who looks for security even in the mind is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble"

"All success cloaks a surrender"

"Strategy is about making choices, trade-offs; it's about deliberately choosing to be different."

"People are naturally more superficial with attractive people. In terms of impressions, there's a trade-off between competence and looks. We can't help making snap judgments, and beautiful people may have a hard time being seen as competent"

"Everything comes at a cost"

"Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it."

"You don’t get to choose not to pay a price, you only get to choose which price you pay"

"You can be right or you can be rich, but you can't be both."