Relentless Execution

*Relentless execution. Get that right and you are ahead of the game.

Too many people are not awesome at relentless execution. I repeat: they are not awesome at relentless execution. (Clue: take a look in the mirror!)

This post will be a short series of profound quotes on the subject.

Most of the quotes have been found via Tom Peters. And we finish with a poem! These people have nailed what I am trying to say far better than I am able. These quotes are all you need to know about strategy. Read, digest and meditate on their meaning.

1. Execution is strategy.
– Fred Malek

2. The art of war does not require complicated manoeuvres; the simplest are the best and common sense is fundamental. From which one might wonder how it is generals make blunders; it is because they try to be clever.
– Napoleon

3. In real life, strategy is actually very straightforward. Pick a general direction… and implement like hell.
– Jack Welch

4. No plan survives contact with the enemy.
– Helmuth von Moltke

5. A good plan, violently executed now, is better than a perfect plan next week.
– General George Patton

6. Amateurs talk about strategy. Professionals talk about logistics.
– Omar Bradley (Commander of the US troops on D- Day)
(I hope the irony of this quote is not lost on you.)

And finally, a poem, attributed to Benjamin Franklin:
For the want of a nail the shoe was lost,
For the want of a shoe the horse was lost,
For the want of a horse the rider was lost,
For the want of a rider the battle was lost,
For the want of a battle the kingdom was lost,
And all for the want of a horseshoe-nail.

To quote Tom Peters, it could be as simple as this:

When you talk all the time about execution, it’s likely to happen. When you don’t, it doesn’t.

So, what do you talk about?

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* The efficient, timely, consistent production and delivery of goods or services.