Hard work is not always something you can see. It is not always physical effort.

In fact, the most powerful form of hard work is thinking clearly. Designing a winning strategy may not look very active, but make no mistake: it is very hard work.

Strategy often beats sweat.

All it requires is hard work and good people to implement the strategy.

and the strategy which we dream of is to

The math of success…

Results = (Hard Work*Time)^Strategy

Working hard is important, but working on the right thing is more important. A great strategy can deliver exponential results.

Of course, the best strategy is worth nothing if you never get to work. Zero to the millionth power is still zero.

Smart work only happens after hard work. There is no substitute for hard work.There is no smart work without hard work.

Having conflicting goals, dedicating resources to unconnected targets, and accommodating incompatible interests are the luxuries of the rich and powerful, but they make for bad strategy. Despite this, most organizations will not create focused strategies. Instead, they will generate laundry lists of desirable outcomes and, at the same time, ignore the need for genuine competence in coordinating and focusing their resources. Good strategy requires leaders who are willing and able to say no to a wide variety of actions and interests. Strategy is at least as much about what an organization does not do as it is about what it does.

I've learned that hard work without focus bears little fruit while expending great energy.

We need to redefine "hard work" to include "hard thinking."

The person who outsmarts you is out working you. The person who finds shortcuts is out working you. The person with a better strategy is out working you.

Usually, the hardest work is thinking of a better way to do it.

When there is no coherent strategy, tactics, no matter how flashily executed, become meaningless.

The greatest enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan

Underdog strategies are hard.

Dreams don’t work unless you do

Success is never due to one thing, but failure can be.

Sleeping well won't make you successful, but not sleeping enough will hold you back. Hard work is rarely enough without good strategy, but even the best strategy is useless without hard work.

Many things are necessary, but not sufficient for success.

You can have the greatest strategy in the world, but what is the point if no one cares?