#strategies

As leader of the effort of the Iraqi Survey Group, I spent most of my days not out in the field leading inspections. It's typically what you do at that level. I was trying to motivate, direct, find strategies. ↗

— David Kay

#direct #effort #field #find #group

Elizabeth was counting on Marco to keep cousin Mary occupied until after the board meeting was over. A piece of cheese might catch a mouse, but an afternoon alone with a muscular masseur would ensnare her cousin far more effectively. And afterwards, while Mary lay sated and sleeping upon a massage table, wiser heads could determine the company's future. There were times, Elizabeth thought, when success in business demanded utter ruthlessness. ↗

— Barbara Taylor Bradford

#success-strategies #women-s-strength #business

Dreaming was easier than screaming, and screaming was easier than worrying, and worrying was easier than crying, which was what she knew she would be reduced to if she didn’t keep a hard eye on herself. ↗

— Kevin Brockmeier

#coping-strategies #crying #dreaming #self-control #worrying

Successful women don't sleep until noon. ↗

— Barbara Taylor Bradford

#strategy

Achieve success in any area of life by identifying the optimum strategies and repeating them until they become habits. ↗

— Charles J. Givens

#any #area #become #habits #identifying

If you look at the various strategies available for dealing with a new technology, sticking your head in the sand is not the most plausible strategy. ↗

— Ralph Merkle

#dealing #head #look #most #new

Once the season starts for me, there isn't a change in my focus, just a change in my tactics and strategies. ↗

— Bode Miller

#focus #just #me #once #season

But the dollars spent on economic incentives and new investment strategies are wasted unless we seriously address the two most important economic issues in Kansas: education and health care. ↗

— Kathleen Sebelius

#care #dollars #economic #economic issues #education

Always present yourself as a woman who expects to succeed. ↗

— Barbara Taylor Bradford

#strategy

Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act which deprived a whole nation of arms as the blackest. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#asia #conquest #england #europe #great-britain