William Arthur Ward Quotes

The 6 Ps: Proper Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance

A lot of success in life and business comes from knowing what you want to avoid: early death, a bad marriage, etc.

Success is predictable.

When you stop planning and preparing . . . you stop winning.

Success is 20% skills and 80% strategy

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

Luck is the residue of design.

I believe that people make their own luck by great preparation and good strategy.

To win is not important. To be successful is not even important. How to plan and prepare is crucial. When you plan very well and prepare very well, then success can come on the way. Then winning can come on your way.

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

Success is not a random act. It arises out of a predictable and powerful set of circumstances and opportunities.

Failing to plan means planning to fail. What are your goals?

If you plan to excel in big things, you have to develop the habit in the small ones.

It is necessary to prepare and to plan so that we don’t fritter away our lives. Without a goal, there can be no real success. One of the best definitions of success I have ever heard goes something like this: success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal. Someone has said the trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never cross the goal line.

It is never possible to guarantee success, it is only possible to deserve it.

If you don't set goals, you can't regret not reaching them.

How you run the race - your planning, preparation, practice, and performance - counts for everything. Winning or losing is a by-product, and aftereffect, of that effort.

I don't know secret to success, but I'm pretty sure the closest thing is preparation

Have a plan. Follow the plan, and you'll be surprised how successful you can be. Most people don't have a plan. That's why it's easy to beat most folks.

But to me the bottom line is the more education you can give yourself, and the more preparation you can do, the less chance of failing.

Success leaves clues, and if you sow the same seeds, you'll reap the same rewards.

Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.

My trick is the trick that everyone knows: Work really hard and prepare.

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.