Forget loyalty. Or at least loyalty to one’s corporation. Try loyalty to your Rolodex-your network-instead.
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.
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Success requires a persistent misreading of the odds.
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Print-based libraries developed in an age of scarce printed resources.
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Bold botches are to be cherished.
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He who makes the quickest, coolest prototypes reigns!
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Entrepreneurs have no memories. They take on the world with a completely fresh view.
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Oh Lord, there it is again. The question;” What kind of business should I start?” Incidentially, it has a twin that also sets me off: “What should I specialize in during the second year of my MBA studies?”
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Sorry, 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.
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Momentum is a fragile force. Its worst enemy: procrastination. Its best friend: a deadline (think Election Day). Implication no. 1 (and there is no no. 2): Get to work! NOW!
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What have you done lately – this week – to make yourself stand out? What would your colleagues or your customers say is your greatest and clearest strength? Your most noteworthy (as in, worthy of note) personal trait?
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Organizations exist to serve. Period. Leaders live to serve. Period.
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The difference between great and average is, mostly, having the imagination and zeal to re-create yourself daily.
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And remember: Everything in business is a paradox. To be excellent, you have to be consistent. When you’re consistent, you’re vulnerable to attack. Yes, it’s a paradox. Now deal with it!
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We cannot innovate without opening the door to havoc.
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Execution Excellence! (Show up on time! Leave last!)
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Excellence is not an aspiration. Excellence is what you do in the next five minutes.
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