Reid Hoffman Quotes

My view is that, as management, the focus has to be on having a strategy and executing it. As you do the strategy and execution, it is important to communicate it consistently.

The key factor in my strategy is longevity.

Resources follow vision.

I would like to be a manager, to organize everything in training, see if my philosophy could work, and give it to the team.

That's the fun part of being CEO. You can actually say, 'Hey, this is what we should be spending our time on,' and people get it.

All pieces of the puzzle need to fall in the right place to be a champion team.

You don't win games as a coach during games. You win games as a coach before games. Players win during games, not coaches

Ideas are easy. Execution is everything. It takes a team to win.

Every great man exhibits the talent of organization or construction, whether it be in a poem, a philosophical system, a policy, or a strategy. And without method there is no organization nor construction.

Let us not confuse objectives with methods. Too many so-called leaders of the nation fail to see the forest because of the trees. Too many of them fail to recognize the vital necessity of planning for definite objectives. True leadership calls for the setting forth of the objectives and the rallying of public opinion in support of these objectives.

The real heart of strategy is the strategist.

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.

Anyone can steer the ship, but it takes a leader to chart the course. Don't ever underestimate the power of planning. You can't make your vision come to life unless you outline each goal-driven step at a time. And you can't reach your full potential unless you plan how to make the most of your purpose and passion. When you look around and see people who are the captains of their ship, invariably they have taken pains to chart their successful course through life.

You need to have proper management if you're going to move forward.

Winners can tell you where they are going and what they plan to do along the way.

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.

If you don't have a strategy, you're part of someone else's strategy.

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

Many times when people have a vision, they think in terms of a big vision - I want to take my city for Christ. But the problem with many pastors and this type of vision is this: they haven't developed the strategy to fulfill that vision. A pastor preaches a dream or vision to his/her people, they get excited for a week, a month, or a couple of months, but there is no strategy, planning, or process to fulfill that vision.

The successful leader must plan his work and work his plan.

Wait," said Butler. "Just wait, Holly. Artemis has a plan." He squinted through the green dome. "What is your plan, Artemis?" All Artemis could do was smile and shrug.

I think we have to focus,on exactly what the priorities are.

Coaches need to have a vision.

I sit and think with a drink about how I'm gonna win.

Many pastors fail to see God's vision fulfilled because they never have a strategy for fulfilling that vision.