Strategy (Basics)

Step #0 of any strategy is to begin with the end in mind. 

Step #1 is to *create* cost-imposing strategies to achieve that end. 

To prevent your enemy from doing Y, oblige them to do X. 

Give no assurance without adjustment, no relief without price. 

Get the strategy straight, and then get the *perception* of the strategy straight. 

Strategy is setting priorities. Well executed strategies meet demands only if priorities create advantages.

Strategic thinking equals all the important developments of the present that willl come out in retrospect.