Trip Adler Quotes

To be successful be ahead of your time, but only a little.

If you attempt certain things at the right time, they are easy to accomplish - in fact, they almost get done by themselves. If you undertake them before the time is right, not only will they fail, but they will often become impossible to accomplish even when the time would have been right.

As in life, so with television: timing is everything.

In politics and life, timing is everything.

It's all about timing and taking out big shots at the right time.

I am aware that success is more than a good idea. It is timing too.

Change almost never fails because it's too early. It almost always fails because it's too late.

A good idea is about ten percent and implementation and hard work, and luck is 90 percent.

I'm very much a creative person, but you've got to do the follow-through. A lot of people start out with an exciting thing and they want to take over the world, but really the people who do take over the world have a good plan of how to get there and the steps along the way.

One of the things that I'm really proud of is that I have really good timing. It's very easy for me to see what's coming up and it's no coincidence that I went headfirst into wine and then headfirst into new media - none at all.

A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be.

With writing, timing is everything. Being in the right place at the right time.

Failing to plan is planning to fail.

It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.

A good idea plus capable men cannot fail; it is better than money in the bank.

I'm trying to see what way I could lead so when the opportunity comes, it won't just hit me in the face.

If you think back to the beginning of the label, we knew we had to strike quickly and aggressively and go for the brass ring.

Luck is just bein' prepared at all times, so when the door opens you're ready.

The secret to success: find out where people are going and get there first.

You cannot afford to wait for perfect conditions. Goal setting is often a matter of balancing timing against available resources. Opportunities are easily lost while waiting for perfect conditions.

Great entrepreneurs focus intensely on an opportunity where others see nothing. This focus and intensity helps to eliminate wasted effort and distractions. Most companies die from indigestion rather than starvation, i.e., companies suffer from doing too many things at the same time rather than doing too few things very well.

Success doesn't necessarily come from breakthrough innovation but from flawless execution. A great strategy alone won't win a game or a battle; the win comes from basic blocking and tackling.

Things come to you in life when you're prepared for them, when you're ready for them.

If you want to succeed in the world, you don't have to be much cleverer than other people. You just have to be one day earlier.

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.