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 PETERSEffective listening is a professional achievement-achieved only through hard work.
More Tom Peters Quotes
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Don’t ‘tolerate’ mistakes. Embrace them!
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Without exception, the dominance and coherence of culture proved to be an essential quality of the excellent companies.
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With most competitors moving ever faster, the race will go to those who listen (and respond) most intently.
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But there’s no substitute for getting smarter faster. And the way you get smarter is to screw around vigorously. Try stuff. See what works. See what fails miserably. Learn. Rinse. Repeat.
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Hire disrespectful people.
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The world has not just “turned upside down”. It is turning in every which way at an accelerating pace.
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Integrity may be about little things as much or more than big ones.
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Progress is mostly the product of rogues.
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All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.
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What you decide not to do is probably more important that what you decide to do.
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Knowing when to take your losses is an essential part of eventual success.
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A passive approach to professional growth will leave you by the wayside.
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Vision is dandy, but sustainable company excellence comes from a huge stable of able managers.
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Stop being conned by the old mantra that says, ‘Leaders are cool, managers are dweebs.’ Instead, follow the Peters Principle: Leaders are cool. Managers are cool too!
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If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you’re nuts to stay there.
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