Public Speaking is a skill that can be studied, polished, perfected. Not only can you get good at it, you can get damn good at it and it makes a heck of a difference.
TOM PETERSPublic Speaking is a skill that can be studied, polished, perfected. Not only can you get good at it, you can get damn good at it and it makes a heck of a difference.
TOM PETERSRewards should go to teams as a whole.
TOM PETERSIf your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you’re nuts to stay there.
TOM PETERSConfidence means non-paralysis, a willingness to act, and act decisively, to start new things and cut failing ventures off.
TOM PETERSForget loyalty. Or at least loyalty to one’s corporation. Try loyalty to your Rolodex-your network-instead.
TOM PETERSHow do you achieve excellence?…Stop doing non-excellent stuff!
TOM PETERS…high end does not necessarily equal high price. It’s a matter of attitude.
TOM PETERSMastery is great, but even that is not enough. You have to be able to change course without a bead of sweat, or remorse.
TOM PETERSI still read quite a few printed books, but if something is available in digital format I do not print it before I read it.
TOM PETERSSorry, but those are two of the most profoundly upsetting questions anyone can ask – upsetting because the answer should be obvious: Do what turns you on, not what the statistics say is best.
TOM PETERSThe principal reason, invariably, most “successful” giant companies rather quickly become also-rans, or just amorphous blobs on the competitive landscape, is their failure to re-tool in anything like a fundamental way. In fact,
TOM PETERSIt doesn’t matter what product or service you’re offering; there is unlimited ability to improve the quality of anything.
TOM PETERSThe simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.
TOM PETERSWinners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past.
TOM PETERSPassion. The life of an entrepreneur is occasionally exhilarating, and almost always exhausting. Only unbridled passion for the concept is likely to see you through the 17-hour days (month after month) and the painful mistakes that are part and parcel of the start-up process.
TOM PETERSBe guided by the axiom: There are no limits to the ability to contribute on the part of a properly selected, well-trained, appropriately supported, and, above all, committed person.
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