Saved by alex and
strategy is primarily about deciding what is truly important and focusing resources and action on that objective. It is a hard discipline because focusing on one thing slights another.
Richard Rumelt • Good Strategy/Bad Strategy: The difference and why it matters
Going 10x is the simplification of your focus down to the core essential. Then you remove everything else.
Dan Sullivan • 10x Is Easier Than 2x: How World-Class Entrepreneurs Achieve More by Doing Less
Over the years, and especially through my time growing Behance, I have had the opportunity to follow and work with all kinds of designers from around the world. I’ve come to believe that the most effective designers are always solving a specific problem and seem to do so more by removing than adding.
Scott Belsky • The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture
Strategy is scarcity’s child and to have a strategy, rather than vague aspirations, is to choose one path and eschew others. There is difficult psychological, political, and organizational work in saying “no” to whole worlds of hopes, dreams, and aspirations.
Richard Rumelt • Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters
John Maeda, President of the Rhode Island School of Design, says, “Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.”
Debra Kaye • Red Thread Thinking: Weaving Together Connections for Brilliant Ideas and Profitable Innovation
As understanding deepens, the strategist seeks the crux—the one challenge that both is critical and appears to be solvable. This narrowing down is the source of much of the strategist’s power, as focus remains the cornerstone of strategy.
Richard Rumelt • The Crux: How Leaders Become Strategists
good strategies are usually “corner solutions.” That is, they emphasize focus over compromise. They focus on one aspect of the situation, not trying to be all things to all people.