Strategy
noun
A planned way to do something to achieve a specific goal.
Her strategy to win the game was to score early.
Often appears as...
- business strategy
- marketing strategy
noun
In military, the art of planning and directing large military movements and operations.
The general's strategy led to an astonishing victory.
Often appears as...
- military strategy
- defensive strategy
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Technical
noun
In business, a detailed plan for achieving success.
We need a new marketing strategy to increase sales.
Often appears as...
- corporate strategy
- pricing strategy
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Technical
noun
In politics, a plan of action designed to achieve a major goal.
Their election strategy focuses on reaching out to younger voters.
Often appears as...
- political strategy
- campaign strategy
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Technical
noun
A planned way to do something to achieve a specific goal.
Her strategy to win the game was to score early.
Often appears as...
- business strategy
- marketing strategy
noun
In military, the art of planning and directing large military movements and operations.
The general's strategy led to an astonishing victory.
Often appears as...
- military strategy
- defensive strategy
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In business, a detailed plan for achieving success.
We need a new marketing strategy to increase sales.
Often appears as...
- corporate strategy
- pricing strategy
Usage tips
Technical
noun
In politics, a plan of action designed to achieve a major goal.
Their election strategy focuses on reaching out to younger voters.
Often appears as...
- political strategy
- campaign strategy
Usage tips
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Specific Goals
Understanding 'strategy' involves knowing precise objectives it's trying to achieve.
The team's strategy was focused on improving customer satisfaction.
Pro Tip 2/3Long-Term Vision
'Strategy' often implies a long-term plan, not just immediate actions.
Their academic strategy was designed to rank top in the nation over a decade.
Pro Tip 3/3Adaptability Importance
Strategies should be adaptable to changing circumstances while pursuing goals.
The coach adjusted the game strategy at halftime to respond to the opponent's defense.
Pro Tip 1/3Specific Goals
Understanding 'strategy' involves knowing precise objectives it's trying to achieve.
The team's strategy was focused on improving customer satisfaction.
Pro Tip 2/3Long-Term Vision
'Strategy' often implies a long-term plan, not just immediate actions.
Their academic strategy was designed to rank top in the nation over a decade.
Pro Tip 3/3Adaptability Importance
Strategies should be adaptable to changing circumstances while pursuing goals.
The coach adjusted the game strategy at halftime to respond to the opponent's defense.
Pro Tip 1/3Specific Goals
Understanding 'strategy' involves knowing precise objectives it's trying to achieve.
The team's strategy was focused on improving customer satisfaction.
Pro Tip 2/3Long-Term Vision
'Strategy' often implies a long-term plan, not just immediate actions.
Their academic strategy was designed to rank top in the nation over a decade.
Pro Tip 3/3Adaptability Importance
Strategies should be adaptable to changing circumstances while pursuing goals.
The coach adjusted the game strategy at halftime to respond to the opponent's defense.
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Why do people get so...
Writing down your worries can also help. This strategy may give you a chance to reevaluate a stressful experience, freeing up working memory. And if you have the chance, physical activity, like a brisk walk, deepens breathing and helps relieve muscle tension, preventing anxiety from building. You can also use your knowledge about the brain
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Can you solve the...
Otherwise, look at whatever's in there, and then open the box with that picture on it. Keep going that way until you find your instrument. The bandmates are skeptical, but amazingly enough, they all find what they need. And a few hours later, they're playing to thousands of adoring fans. So why did the drummer's strategy work?
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Pamela Ronald: The case...
so it is very important in less developed countries that the seed be freely available. Wouldn't some activists say that this is actually part of the conspiracy? This is the heroin strategy. You seed the stuff, and people have no choice but to be hooked on these seeds forever?
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What game theory teaches...
these days are become shorter and shorter term which creates turmoil and chaos in strategy in how we present ourselves to the world the easiest way to understand the game you're in is when you have an opposing force in other words not that right so you want great
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Sir David Attenborough...
chewing leaves giving your offspring a good start in life can take a lot of effort so some insects have evolved highly complex strategies to induce other species to become nurse maids on their behalf this californian desert hardly seems to
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Camo Fish in Action PIPE...
have evolved to mimic something no self-respecting predator would be caught dead eating nah seagrass hence these ghost pipefish are free to drift wherever the tide takes them example 3 the leaf scorpionfish a similar strategy
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How does your brain...
or boosting our coping system, or endorphins. Some people can cope with pain using methods that involve distraction, relaxation, meditation, yoga, or strategies that can be taught, like cognitive behavioral therapy.
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How to understand power...
Do you want power to benefit everyone or only you? Are your purposes pro-social or anti-social? This question isn't about strategy. It's about character, and that's another set of lessons. But remember
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The Deadly Portuguese...
it's such a successful strategy the jellies are one of the most common life forms on the planet but among the jellies and looking
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Octopus Steals Crab from...
But that huge brain helps the octopus to get creative and to think up a dramatically different strategy.
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Why do people get so...
Writing down your worries can also help. This strategy may give you a chance to reevaluate a stressful experience, freeing up working memory. And if you have the chance, physical activity, like a brisk walk, deepens breathing and helps relieve muscle tension, preventing anxiety from building. You can also use your knowledge about the brain
Video examples
Can you solve the...
Otherwise, look at whatever's in there, and then open the box with that picture on it. Keep going that way until you find your instrument. The bandmates are skeptical, but amazingly enough, they all find what they need. And a few hours later, they're playing to thousands of adoring fans. So why did the drummer's strategy work?
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Pamela Ronald: The case...
so it is very important in less developed countries that the seed be freely available. Wouldn't some activists say that this is actually part of the conspiracy? This is the heroin strategy. You seed the stuff, and people have no choice but to be hooked on these seeds forever?
Video examples
What game theory teaches...
these days are become shorter and shorter term which creates turmoil and chaos in strategy in how we present ourselves to the world the easiest way to understand the game you're in is when you have an opposing force in other words not that right so you want great
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Sir David Attenborough...
chewing leaves giving your offspring a good start in life can take a lot of effort so some insects have evolved highly complex strategies to induce other species to become nurse maids on their behalf this californian desert hardly seems to
Video examples
Camo Fish in Action PIPE...
have evolved to mimic something no self-respecting predator would be caught dead eating nah seagrass hence these ghost pipefish are free to drift wherever the tide takes them example 3 the leaf scorpionfish a similar strategy
Video examples
How does your brain...
or boosting our coping system, or endorphins. Some people can cope with pain using methods that involve distraction, relaxation, meditation, yoga, or strategies that can be taught, like cognitive behavioral therapy.
Video examples
How to understand power...
Do you want power to benefit everyone or only you? Are your purposes pro-social or anti-social? This question isn't about strategy. It's about character, and that's another set of lessons. But remember
Video examples
The Deadly Portuguese...
it's such a successful strategy the jellies are one of the most common life forms on the planet but among the jellies and looking
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Octopus Steals Crab from...
But that huge brain helps the octopus to get creative and to think up a dramatically different strategy.
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Gerard Pique
Spanish Athlete
Business is another kind of world that I don't think is as passionate. It is not the pressure to perform as you have in football. It is more about strategy, skill, about how you deal with all the information you have. Some of the things from football I can bring to business, and some things from business I can bring to football.
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Shakira
Musician
President Obama is highly concerned with education. He's a champion on early-childhood development strategies. So I like the work he's doing, and I support it, and I realise that he's one of very few political leaders around the world that actually has early-childhood development strategise at the top of his agenda.
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Jeff Bezos
American Businessman
What we need to do is always lean into the future; when the world changes around you and when it changes against you - what used to be a tail wind is now a head wind - you have to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn't a strategy.
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Ibrahim Babangida
Nigerian Statesman
The reason is that till date, in spite of advances in information technology and strategies of information, the written word in the form of books still remains one of humanity's most enduring legacies.
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Glover Teixeira
Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist
It's important to have the right strategy. I can't commit to things or fight like I used to. I can't just bang it out. I have to be more intelligent in training and in fighting.
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Mark Zuckerberg
American Businessman
The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.
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Edward Lampert
American Businessman
The entrance strategy is actually more important than the exit strategy.
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John Paulson
American Businessman
I am fully supportive of the strategy and leadership team at Valeant.
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Eva Moskowitz
American Educator
Self-delusion is rarely a good strategy for effective management.
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Ananya Birla
Indian Musician
My father has never influenced the strategy anywhere.
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Gerard Pique
Spanish Athlete
Business is another kind of world that I don't think is as passionate. It is not the pressure to perform as you have in football. It is more about strategy, skill, about how you deal with all the information you have. Some of the things from football I can bring to business, and some things from business I can bring to football.
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Shakira
Musician
President Obama is highly concerned with education. He's a champion on early-childhood development strategies. So I like the work he's doing, and I support it, and I realise that he's one of very few political leaders around the world that actually has early-childhood development strategise at the top of his agenda.
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Jeff Bezos
American Businessman
What we need to do is always lean into the future; when the world changes around you and when it changes against you - what used to be a tail wind is now a head wind - you have to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn't a strategy.
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Ibrahim Babangida
Nigerian Statesman
The reason is that till date, in spite of advances in information technology and strategies of information, the written word in the form of books still remains one of humanity's most enduring legacies.
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Glover Teixeira
Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist
It's important to have the right strategy. I can't commit to things or fight like I used to. I can't just bang it out. I have to be more intelligent in training and in fighting.
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Mark Zuckerberg
American Businessman
The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.
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Edward Lampert
American Businessman
The entrance strategy is actually more important than the exit strategy.
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John Paulson
American Businessman
I am fully supportive of the strategy and leadership team at Valeant.
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Eva Moskowitz
American Educator
Self-delusion is rarely a good strategy for effective management.
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Ananya Birla
Indian Musician
My father has never influenced the strategy anywhere.
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