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A company’s ability to respond to unplanned events, good or bad, is a prime indicator of its ability to compete.
Bill Gates Business @ the Speed of Thought · 1999

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“The lesson to be gained from this is that successful generals make plans to fit circumstances, but do not try to create circumstances to fit plans.”

George S. Patton · War As I Knew It, 1947 · Primary source

“The point I am trying to bring out is that one does not plan and then try to make circumstances fit those plans. One tries to make plans fit the circumstances. I think the difference between success and failure in high command depends upon the ability, or lack of it, to do just that.”

George S. Patton · War As I Knew It, 1947 · Primary source

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