Barry Trotz Quotes

Architecture and building is about how you get around the obstacles that are presented to you. That sometimes determines how successful you'll be: How good are you at going around obstacles?

I show up ready to play, so I normally try and fit the situation.

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.

Tactics mean doing what you can with what you have.

We were trained to live by our wits, in any circumstance.

One of the things that I was always, and still am, is quite resourceful.

As an entrepreneur, you work out solutions.

Arrange whatever pieces come your way.

You use whatever lever you have.

A leader has to find opportunities in any environment.

My folks were very practical. They were also kind of able to think outside of the box. They were not going to let circumstance paralyze them. They knew sometimes you just had to take some new initiative. I think they passed that on to all of us... If you don't find a way, you make one.

It's up to me to use my brain, be clever, find the pockets of space, and get on the ball.

If something doesn't go your way, then look for another way. If something's broken, fix it.

It's bad policy to speculate on what you'll do if a plan fails when you're trying to make a plan work.

A resourceful person will always make opportunity fit his or her needs.

We'd never get anything fixed to suit us if we waited for things to suit us before we started.

It's not resources but resourcefulness that ultimately makes the difference.

There's a key for every door, and if you can't find it, you can make one. That's always an option.

You can judge a leader by the size of the problem he tackles. Other people can cope with the waves, it's his job to watch the tide.

An open-minded person running a business might catch a problem faster than a closed-minded person. And when they identify a problem, they can fix it much faster.

I always tried to align myself with strategic partners, friends, and information to help me with the things that I did not know, and ultimately, I made it.

A first-rate organizer is never in a hurry. He is never late. He always keeps up his sleeve a margin for the unexpected.

It's not the style that motivates me, as much as an attitude of openness that I have when I go into a project.

It doesn't always happen according to the way you have planned things out but I feel if you have covered most of the aspects, it does help out there in the middle.

I'd say that, to be a good deal maker, you have to have 3 basic characteristics - timing, timing, and timing.