Good ideas need good strategy to realize their potential.
Interpretation
Even the best ideas require careful planning to succeed.
This quote emphasizes the importance of strategic planning in the realization of good ideas. It suggests that while having a great idea is valuable, it is not enough on its own; effective execution through a well-thought-out strategy is essential to fully harness the idea's potential and achieve success.
In practice
During a business presentation to convey the importance of planning in entrepreneurship.
Leaders, whether in the public or the private sphere, must understand the responsibilities that come with their role. They are the most visible standard-bearers of their organizations. Holding them accountable to this responsibility protects the promise of our organizations and our communities.
The same instincts that make us good students can make us lousy entrepreneurs.
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Any effort to make the death penalty speedier and less costly - more 'efficient' - will inevitably make it less just.
I've long believed that if you're not embarrassed by your first product release, you've released too late.
What is an entrepreneur? Someone who jumps off a cliff and builds a plane on the way down.
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I would rather live a short life of glory than a long one of obscurity.
Remember, talent doesn't win championships, talent doesn't win games.
If you want to be successful in a particular field or endeavor, I think perseverance is one of the key qualities. It's very important that you find something that you care about, that you have a deep passion for, because you're going to have to devote a lot of your life to it.
Donβt just climb the ladder of success - a ladder that leads, after all, to higher and higher levels of stress and burnout - but chart a new path to success, remaking it in a way that includes not just the conventional metrics of money and power, but a third metric that includes well-being, wisdom, wonder and giving, so that the goal is not just to succeed but to thrive.
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