Accept change as a friend. And don’t take yourself too seriously.
TOM PETERSCommunity. A friend started a real estate brokerage a few years ago. By the time she’d added her second employee, she was a pillar of her 35,000-person community.
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We cannot innovate without opening the door to havoc.
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The best leaders are the best notetakers, best askers, and best learners.
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Swipe from the best, then adapt.
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A passive approach to professional growth will leave you by the wayside.
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I used to be skeptical when educators and technologists predicted that we may be entering a new era of oral culture, in which audible information will be at least as important as visible information.
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The whole secret to our success is being able to con ourselves into believing that we’re going to change the world because statistically we are unlikely to do it.
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You can’t think your way out of a box; you’ve got to act.
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Portability of lots of information should not be underestimated.
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Develop a respect and reverence for the principle of variation: the idea that the message ain’t in the mean, the mode or the median – it’s in the differences that occur throughout a population.
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The top athletes are consummate pros who work obsessively at their craft. Approach yours the same way.
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Dot the i’s, cross the t’s, answer the phones promptly, send out errorless invoices, and in general never forget that the devil is in the details.
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Your calendar never lies. All we have is our time. The way we spend our time is our priorities, is our strategy. Your calendar knows what you really care about. Do you?
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Forget loyalty. Or at least loyalty to one’s corporation. Try loyalty to your Rolodex-your network-instead.
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If you love your company and love what you do, you will serve your customers better-period!
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We often hear that the digital age has resulted in a devaluing of time, space, and place. But I wonder if theseclaims are exaggerated.
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