The essence of strategy is making choices (what to do and what not to do) to increase the odds of the future success of your business.

The central questions are:

  1. What are your aspirations & concrete goals?  
  2. Where to play (and where not to play) to meet your goals?
  3. How to win where you choose to play (how to obtain competitive advantage)?
  4. Where to allocate your resources to maintain / obtain the capabilities that are required to win?