Alan Mulally Quotes

The most effective people are those who can "hold" their vision while remaining committed to seeing current reality clearly

A lack of realism in the vision today costs credibility tomorrow.

If we could first know where we are, and whither we are tending, we could then better judge what to do, and how to do it.

There is one quality more important than know-how.... This is know-how by which we determine not only how to accomplish our purposes, but what our purposes are to be.

Having a mental snapshot of where you are, where you are going, and what you are moving toward is incredibly powerful.

Your ability to shape your future depends on how well you communicate where you want to be when you get there. When ideas are communicated effectively, people follow and change.

At some point you start seeing the difference between what you really want, and what is your priority order. I feel that today I know what I want. That's the problem with perspective, as well as focus and concentration.

I don't think that ambition should not be in the dictionary of entrepreneurs. But our ambition should be realistic. You have to realise that you can't do everything.

I might dream, but I am no dreamer.

Clarity is the most important thing. I can compare clarity to pruning in gardening. You know, you need to be clear. If you are not clear, nothing is going to happen. You have to be clear. Then you have to be confident about your vision. And after that, you just have to put a lot of work in.

I think the most important thing I work on is just my mental approach to every day, my mental approach to the game. How to come in each and every day focused, doing what I want to do, I think that's just the biggest issue.

The big thing is that you know what you want.

You've got to have a vision. You've got to have a message.

Women need to think about where they've been, where they are, where they're going, and how they're going to get there.

It's important you don't lose touch with reality because, well, reality's the only thing you've got, really.

One has to view things realistically.

You need to cultivate your passion and crystallize your vision. If you don't know where you're going, how are you going to plan a road-map for how to get there?

You need to constantly remind yourself what is the most important thing that is happening in the world - what is the most important thing that is happening in history. The discipline to have this focus is something I gained from meditation.

You can get too involved with all the wee things in life, but the most important thing is you're alive and well.

Unless you are clear in your mind and in a position to think clearly and know where you want to go, with confidence, then you're never going to be able to achieve it.

Being able to communicate what your vision is clearly and with specificity is the most important thing a director can do.

And so he who looks down at his feet will not know the truth, but he who discerns by the sun which way to go.

It is one thing to see the forward path and another to be able to take it. But it is better to have an ambitious plan than none at all.

Revolutionary realism tries to draw the maximum advantage from every situation - that is what makes it revolutionary - but at the same time it does not permit us to set ourselves fantastic aims - that is what makes it realistic.

Before dreaming about the future or marking plans, you need to articulate what you already have going for you - as entrepreneurs do.