Knowing when to take your losses is an essential part of eventual success.
TOM PETERSWhat is my personal strategy for the next 10 hours? Who can I talk with or what can I volunteer for to learn something new?
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We’re going to see leadership emerge as the most important element of business – the attribute that is highest in demand and shortest in supply.
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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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Some people have argued that listening to a work of literature does not really promote literacy in the same way that reading does.
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The workplace revolution that transformed the lives of blue-collar workers in the 1970s and 1980s is finally reaching the offices and cubicles of the white-collar workers.
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Swipe from the best, then adapt.
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Lists simplify, clarify, edify.
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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.
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A completely free library is as rare as a truly free lunch.
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The common wisdom is that … managers have to learn to motivate people. Nonsense. Employees bring their own motivation.
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Don’t ‘tolerate’ mistakes. Embrace them!
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Passion. 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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Today brands are everything, and all kinds of products and services – from accounting firms to sneaker makers to restaurants – are figuring out how to transcend the narrow boundaries of their categories and become a brand surrounded by a Tommy Hilfiger-like buzz.
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Be 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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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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If no one is pissed-off with you then you are dead but just haven’t figured it out yet.
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