Bernard Arnault Quotes

I have to take decisions—not back hunches.

Every good businessman or woman carefully analyzes all the available facts before making a decision.

Critical thinking is the most important factor with chess. As it is in life, you need to think before you make decisions.

I've always made my decisions based on two factors: intellectual analysis and my gut. And when they meet, that's a go from me. That's when I see the goal.

I want to make smart choices.

Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.

Policymakers have to make judgments based on the best intelligence they get.

Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.

When the President is a moralist, he needs a process that will make up for the natural shortcomings of such a style—an inattention to second-step thinking, an allergy to detail, a tendency not to see the point of having dissenters, a habit of allowing certainty to override considerations of risk. It is the National Security Advisor’s responsibility to fill a President’s strategic gaps, not to exacerbate them.

Among a great many other things that chess teaches you is to control the initial excitement you feel when you see something that looks good. It trains you to think before grabbing and to think just as objectively when you're in trouble.

I always try to stay methodical and logical with everything I do, playing cricket and making decisions.

The best decisions are taken quickly and well. You can prepare yourself, have all aspects of the game thought through, but the one who shines on the pitch is the one with intuition.

Time and again, players lose because they make rash decisions. Therefore, you always have to remind yourself - don't hurry. Embarking on a risky combination that cannot be calculated to the end is certainly not the right thing to do.

Life is very much about making the best decisions you can. So I think chess is very valuable.

Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.

It's got to be the best intellectual exercise out there. You're seeing through new situations every ten minutes. In the stock market you don't base your decisions on what the market is doing, but on what you think is rational. Bridge is about weighing gain/loss ratios. You're doing calculations all the time.

Learn to use your brain power. Critical thinking is the key to creative problem solving in business.

Every good mathematician should also be a good chess player and vice versa.

Chess first of all teaches you to be objective.

I'm pretty good at thinking about everything - all of my consequences - before I make a decision, and I think about everything that's going to happen because of that decision. I'm a Libra, and I'm very strategic.

What I learned is that in business you must make decisions based on facts, not react with your heart.

I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future.

Chess helps you to concentrate, improve your logic. It teaches you to play by the rules and take responsibility for your actions, how to problem solve in an uncertain environment.

Guys are natural problem solvers - they like to have strategies.

I like to study the question or the problem or the opportunity in hand, work with the team to come with the right answer, make a decision, and act upon it. Some people have said that, actually, today they pretty much like their bankers dull.