I have some strategical vision, I could calculate some few moves ahead and I have an intellect that is badly missed in the country which is run by generals and colonels.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of strategic thinking and intellect in leadership, contrasting it with military leadership.
Garry Kasparov highlights his own capability for strategic foresight and intellectual insight, suggesting that these qualities are often overlooked in a society led predominantly by military figures. He seems to advocate for the value of strategic planning and critical thinking in governance and decision-making processes, as opposed to a purely militaristic approach.
In practice
In a business seminar discussing the importance of strategic thinking in leadership.
There is no one that can share your responsibility. It it is your responsibility you must carry it on and you must be responsible for your actions. At the end of the day we all are being challenged, sooner or later, by our destiny. And it's up to us to make all the difference in this life. If not you, who else?
Setbacks and losses are both inevitable and essential if you're going to improve and become a good, even great, competitor. The art is in avoiding catastrophic losses in the key battles.
Botvinnik tried to take the mystery out of Chess, always relating it to situations in ordinary life. He used to call chess a typical inexact problem similar to those which people are always having to solve in everyday life.
One does not succeed by sticking to convention. When your opponent can easily anticipate every move you make, your strategy deteriorates and becomes commoditized.
I think that it's a vital moment now for Russian democracy to convince people that it's only our actions, our joined actions and protests that could force Kremlin to reconsider its plans to abolish presidential elections.
I learned that fighting on the chess board could also have an impact on the political climate in the country.
I'm grateful for the opportunities God gave me to minister to people in high places; people in power have spiritual and personal needs like everyone else, and often they have no one to talk to.
I once played a sheriff who thought he could do the job without a gun. I was dead in twenty-seven minutes of a thirty minute show.
The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next 500 years.
A manager is responsible for the application and performance of knowledge.
Each one must do his part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune.
There is only one form of political strategy in which I have any confidence, and that is to try to do the right thing and sometimes be able to succeed.
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