Michael Seibel Quotes

I think having a great idea is vastly overrated. I know it sounds kind of crazy and counterintuitive. I don't think it matters what the idea is, almost. You need great execution.

Well done is better than well said.

A great idea is not enough.

Do something, do something to that, and then do something to that.

Vision without execution is delusion.

There are the talkers and there are the doers.

The proof is in the results, and the proof will be in the ongoing ability to execute.

Talk is talk; action on the field is action on the field.

Our visions are the plans of the possible life structure, but they will end in plans if we do not follow them up with a vigorous effort to make them real, just as the architect's plans will end in his drawings if they are not followed up and made real by the builder.

Execution really shapes whether your company takes off or not.

An acre of performance is worth a whole world of promise.

Lots of people dream big and talk about big bold ideas but never do anything. I judge people by what they've done. The ratio of something to nothing is infinite. So just do something.

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.

It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.

The best ideas are useless unless carried out.

Performance is better than promise. Exuberant assurances are cheap.

It's important to have a sound idea, but the really important thing is the implementation.

Talk is cheap; play the game.

Potential is just potential until you can pull it off, and you need to show up ready to exercise the plan in mind. I've always come from that place in everything I've ever done.

Deeds, not words - you accomplish! Do not talk!

I'm not interested until I see their execution.

Good ideas have no value because the world already has too many of them. The market rewards execution, not ideas.

An idea isn't worth much until a man is found who has the energy and ability to make it work.

Success doesn't necessarily come from breakthrough innovation but from flawless execution. A great strategy alone won't win a game or a battle; the win comes from basic blocking and tackling.

Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats.