Short-Term Objectives Quotes

Great goals are reached step by step.

You can't jump from little things to big things. It just takes time and patience.

The manager has a short-range view; the leader has a long-range perspective.

Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation.

I don't map out my future to the minute details.

If I focus on the short-term goals, then the long-term goals are going to be in my favor.

There's a fundamental distinction between strategy and operational effectiveness.

Talking about stepping down in five years is frankly not a topic of particular actuality now.

I don't know if desperate is the right word but I know the fans have a big, big desire to see Everton challenging for titles and to win something but we have to go day by day.

I like incremental improvements or at least seeing where you're going to go and really being able to understand what's feasible at the time.

I never stop to plan. I take things step by step.

It really has been just take it one day a time, one fight at a time, one training camp at a time, one year at a time.

I just try to focus on one step at a time, what I have to do or what the team has to do to get here.

I always set small goals and work towards them to achieve them.

I set some goals: little goals first and then the big ones. I stopped thinking about big achievements.

I don't think about the end game. I've got lots to occupy my mind. It's the rage that keeps me going.

When you find yourself in a certain situation you have to identify where you want to go and focus on what you can achieve on that given day.

Sometimes we make the process more complicated than we need to. We will never make a journey of a thousand miles by fretting about how long it will take or how hard it will be. We make the journey by taking each day step by step and then repeating it again and again until we reach our destination.

You need to set near-term milestones. Put the assumptions down on paper, and make it to your vision or ultimate product. Your team has to understand where they're going. Your partners need to understand where they're going.

I have a lot of goals, but I think that I just want to take it day by day.

The essence of strategy is that you must set limits on what you're trying to accomplish.

What we find is that if you have a goal that is very, very far out, and you approach it in little steps, you start to get there faster. Your mind opens up to the possibilities.

I've always been a 'small goals' kind of guy.

I only tend to think of the week ahead, to keep my eye on the ball and question whether a full stop is in the right place. It's easy to get distracted by the wrong things. If you start thinking of grand gestures, it's going to be a lot of hot air. You have to be logical. The theatre is a very logical place.

I set for myself only small goals, goals that are not that far away.