The strategist's method is very simply to challenge the prevailing assumptions with a single question: Why?

Rowing harder doesn't help if the boat is headed in the wrong direction.

Analysis Is the Critical Starting Point of Strategic Thinking

New World Order: The Rise of the Region-State

Without competitors there would be no need for strategy.

The sole purpose of strategic planning is to enable the company to gain, as effectively as possible, a sustainable edge over its competitors.

More strategies fail because they are overripe than because they are premature.

What we are left with is an overmanipulated economy that can't function normally.

Nobody knows how Honda is organized, except that it uses lots of project teams and is quite flexible.

In Japan, organizations and people in the organization are synonymous.

Knowing that you can endure a very difficult challenge offers a degree of confidence that the next challenge can also be endured.

I always wondered if they’d change you.

The voice of jealousy strikes from those who aim to hurt you, not those who love you!

Funny how things have turned out, huh, Jorja. Your mother is the 'demon' and your lover is the nurturer, " Jorja commented into the air.

Economy is the basis of society. When the economy is stable, society develops. The ideal economy combines the spiritual and the material, and the best commodities to trade in are sincerity and love.

As our language wanes and dies, the golden legends of the far-off centuries fade and pass away. No one sees their influence upon culture; no one sees their educational power.

If you know your ceremonies and culture you'll know where the offense takes place

I took it as it came and it happened to be very nice.

I put a tremendous amount of pressure on myself. I felt like I shouldn't have to audition for anything and all that. And that energy did not serve me at all.

Life grows relative to one’s investment in it.