Yanni Quotes

Men of routine or men who can do what they are told are not hard to find; but men who can think and plan and tell the routine men what to do are very rare.

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.

If you're asked something on a movie set and you say 'I don't know,' you lose confidence in every department. What you need to say is 'I'll have that for you in five minutes.'

My errors will point to thinking men the various roads, and will teach them the great art of treading on the brink of the precipice without falling into it.

Decisiveness is a characteristic of high-performing men and women. Almost any decision is better than no decision at all.

There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.

Game management is accomplished by staying constantly alert and then reading and reacting to potential problem situations before they materialize. It all boils down to paying attention to details.

Problem-solving becomes a very important part of our makeup as we grow into maturity or move up the corporate ladder.

The person who knows "how" will always have a job. The person who knows "why" will always be his boss

Organization can never be a substitute for initiative and for judgment.

Men of routine or men who can do what they are told are not hard to find; but men who can think and plan and tell the routine men what to do are very rare. They are paid in proportion to the supply and demand of them

Your military is hard-wired to approach everything with a can do attitude. Therefore reviewing and questioning us is helpful.

All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavor to find out what you don't know by what you do.

The most important man in the room is the one who knows what to do next.

Candidates need to demonstrate strategic thinking and strong problem solving skills. And, just as importantly, they need to know when and how to ask for help.

Some players are wonderful hitters of the ball, but they can't figure out ways to get out of trouble. Eighty percent of the time, there is a way. You just have to know how to look for it.

I'm a pretty good problem solver.

Every time the country is in a crisis, I think and decide where is the best way to go. We have to always think of ways to overcome these limitations.

When you are in a situation or a crisis, you need to define, what is the unique role that I can play?

I'm halfway intelligent. I'll figure something out.

To appropriately respond to an emergency requires a very clear mind, to cooly analyze what the observations are and how to fix it.

I'm not a professional politician. I'm a professional problem solver.

Bosses and leaders everywhere should cherish the people who bring them bad news, disappointing data or hard problems.

Leadership is solving problems.

Almost everything I do when I approach an operational problem comes from the time I've been in space. It's a way of organizing your thoughts. We use problem-solving; what we call "what-if-ing." What if this happened? What would we do? We go over plan B, C, D, E, F, and whatever else, depending on the criticality of what we're doing. This kind of thing can be applied almost everywhere, even at home.