Joe Root Quotes

I like to plan. I like to see the future.

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.

Foreknowledge is power.

I think of the future all the time. All my life I've chased dreams of what could be. For the first time in my life, I've actually caught one. I'll give you one day at a time, Claire. But remember, I'm thousands of days ahead already.

Consider the bigger picture.....think things through and fully commit!

Always have a plan, and believe in it. Nothing happens by accident.

We're trying to put ourselves in the best position to win, period, if not this year, next year.

Joseph Bazalgette created a sewer system which he originally sized for London's needs of the time - he then doubled it to anticipate the future beyond. These are the qualities that I admire.

It's always been my formula to get the next picture set up before anyone's seen the last one.

Tomorrow belongs to those who can hear it coming.

I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.

Futures thinking is hard work. Fortunately, you do get better at it with practice. It's worth the effort.

I'm not really too worried about what I'm gonna do next, because I just think of my career as, like, having sixty years ahead of me.

The long view counts.

Hope is not a strategy.

It’s quite difficult to find the time for strategic thought.

Clearly define what success means for you. Set short-term and quarterly career goals with your manager that will help lead you to your long term goals.

I think long-term, not short-term.

People think it's just a 16-week season, but this is a 52-week kind of job. You're always thinking about how to improve and what to get for the next year.

I don't do anything unless I think about it six months in advance.

Circumstances can force your hand. So think ahead!

In order to be a player on the fast track, you will need to have a plan on how to gain more and more control. On the fast track, it is control more than money that counts.

My job is to think beyond the immediate.

hindsight is not a strategy.

Figure out where you're going before you go there: he was told that a long time ago.