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The next thing to be said about what long-range planning is not, is that it does not deal with future decisions. it deals with the futurity of present decisions. decisions exist only in the present. the question that faces the long-range planner is not what we should do tomorrow.
-Peter Drucker
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Peter Drucker
The next thing to be said about what long-range planning is not, is that it does not deal with future decisions. it deals with the futurity of present decisions. decisions exist only in the present. the question that faces the long-range planner is not what we should do tomorrow.
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