Scholastic Strategist Gifts

"I could have been successful if I had mastered the standardized test."

A Puppet Named Juan

'If I had to use one word to describe our strategy.'

'And were there a point to your proposal, Henderson - What would it be?'

'Williams, we're not used to receiving such excellent ideas as these, so we'd like to tone them down a bit.'

The Businessmen Have to Make Decisions from Many Options

"Yeah, but that one's a little bit hard to reach."

Grad School Parent-Teacher Conference

'Which 'win' is ours? Because the one on the left looks bigger.'

'My reading comprehension is so-so, but I do make up for it with my highlighting skills.'

"I don't like getting bogged down in details. I'm more of a big-picture guy."

'It has come to my attention that we need to hedge against our five-year plan.'

Nothing Succeeds Like Confidence.

"The trend in tough economic times is to put off everything that doesn't require immediate action ? as this chart shows."

'Smith, we need more creativity. You have to learn to think outside the box.'

"Any questions?"

'Ah, Galagher, we made good use of your proposal.'

'Now, keep in mind that these numbers are only as accurate as the fictitious data, ludicrous assumptions and wishful thinking they're based upon!'

"Dammit, Johnson. You've got to start thinking outside of the box."

"...but the big question is, does the competition know that we don't know what we don't know?"

Empty box of ideas

Do your research!

Eureka!

"We have an acronym!"

'I want you to paddle against the current.'

"#Win!"

"Can you change this quiz grade from an A to a C? I like to keep expectations low until I blow my parents' mind by acing the final exam."

School. Report Card. You couldn't name the presidents and flunked history? Yeah -- It's not what you know, it's who you know.

Bright idea

A presenter with a very complex chart to explain a business plan - 'And it's as simple as that!'

'I appreciate how you feel, but I'm afraid your report card isn't grounds for defamation of character.

"Is it just a scary coincidence that the words 'changes' and 'unknown' both have 7 letters?"

After a day long meeting, the decision, as usual, is made in the hallway.

'Dammit - how do we get in on that gross national product?'

'I think we'd be more confident about meeting our targets if we could work out what they were!'