Ineffective Strategy Quotes

It's easy to defend a policy that works. It's not so easy to defend a policy that didn't work.

A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag.

Sometimes, even the very best course of action fails.

I have the benefit of experience which tells me that sulking solves nothing

You can't tell me what we're doing right now is not working. The perception is, well, it's not. I don't deal in perception. I want to deal in reality. The reality of the matter is that the percentage of guys who are taking has gone way down.

Wishing of all strategies, is the worst.

I'm sure I tried being mean at one point, and I don't think it worked. It's too much work.

A wasteful defense is a weak defense.

And I think if the president's made a mistake here, it's this laid-back kind of approach where he's waiting for someone else to solve the problem. Some people say it's a political strategy. No matter what it is, it's not effective in solving problems.

Pushing a company agenda on social media is like throwing water balloons at a porcupine.

A bad strategy will fail no matter how good your information is. And lame execution will stymie a good strategy. If you do enough things poorly, you'll go out of business.

I probably made a mistake at Florida trying to change schematically from what they had done before. As a result, we ended up not being very good at anything.