Bill Toomey Quotes

You do as much research as you can for any project.

Know what you're trying to do before you do it. Turning knobs at random isn't enlightening any more than throwing paint at a wall blindfolded will let you paint a nice picture.

The 6 Ps: Proper Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance

Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.

Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.

Before beginning, plan carefully.

Futures thinking is hard work. Fortunately, you do get better at it with practice. It's worth the effort.

It is not enough to do your best; you must know what to do, and then do your best.

Hope is not a strategy.

Men never plan to be failures; they simply fail to plan to be successful

Success is 20% skills and 80% strategy

I did everything by the numbers. I had checklists upon checklists. If I wasn't ahead of everybody on my team, I didn't feel I was doing my job.

The best piece of advice my father gave me was to always work hard. One thing he instilled: Proper preparation prevents poor performances.

A three-to-six month course can give priority and direction on the five or six important things that entrepreneurs need to do first.

People think it's just a 16-week season, but this is a 52-week kind of job. You're always thinking about how to improve and what to get for the next year.

Preparation is everything.

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.

As a player I think you naturally think long term and think what is the schedule in the next year or so.

I've always said you get what you organize for.

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.

Plans get you into things, but you got to work your way out.

Vision is a destination - a fixed point to which we focus all effort. Strategy is a route - an adaptable path to get us where we want to go.

Remember, it is not about luck. It is about doing the right things the right way.

I've always got a whole bunch of things in the works. That's sort of the nature of the business. Even when you're doing something you love doing, you have to be plotting and scheming and writing and preparing for what you're going to do when that's finished.