Dylan Taylor Quotes

Success isn't something you achieve by accident, but rather by design.

Create a compelling vision, one that takes people to a new place, and then translate that vision into a reality.

Once an organization has a strong sense of mission, leaders can focus on trying new things.

Efforts and courage are not enough without purpose and direction.

Clients say, 'What's your strategy,' and I say, 'Ask me what I believe first.' That's a far more enduring answer.

Two types of choices seem to me to have been crucial in tipping their outcomes towards success or failure: long-term planning, and willingness to reconsider core values.

First of all, you've got to have a vision of 'What kind of program do I want to have?' Then you've got to have a plan to implement it. Then you've got to set the example that you want, develop the principles and values that are important, and get people to buy into it.

Planning defines the particular place you want to be and how you intend to get there. It's a responsibility rather than a technique.

Dreamers dream dreams and rich people create plans and build bridges to their dreams.

The secret is planning your work and working your plan. If you don't know where you are going, how will you know when you arrive? You can't stumble upon your destination.

We believe this combination of excellence in operations and strong execution of our strategy is critical to achieve our vision. We will continue to focus on both in future as well.

Hope is not strategy. Hope fits with vision, but we must have a strategy and a process to make our vision become a reality.

Without a goal [maneuvering is] aimless. You might be a master tactician, but you'll have no sense of strategy.

Success is 20% skills and 80% strategy. You might know how to read, but more importantly, what's your plan to read?

Success doesn't sneak up on us; it starts as a dream that we combine with a clear plan of action.

Once you have a clear picture of your priorities - that is values, goals, and high leverage activities - organize around them.

Action without planning is the cause of all failure. Action with planning is the cause of all success.

When we deliberate it is about means and not ends.

You cannot expect victory and plan for defeat.

Fail to plan, plan to fail.

Intelligence is just a tool to be used toward a goal, and goals are not always chosen intelligently.

You can talk all you want about having a clear purpose and strategy for your life, but ultimately this means nothing if you are not investing the resources you have in a way that is consistent with your strategy. In the end, a strategy is nothing but good intentions unless it's effectively implemented.

If you have a clear goal and a plan to achieve it, your focus is fixed on a set course of action. Instead of becoming sidetracked by distractions and diversions, your time is focused on a straight line from start to finish.

If you're to fulfill your vision for a better life, you must formulate a plan of action. Effective planning involves identifying and prioritizing those actions that will move you most efficiently toward your goal.

The most important rule is to formulate, clearly and precisely, the goal to be reached, and then to retain it unswervingly in mind throughout all the stages of the execution, which are often long and complex.