Success requires a persistent misreading of the odds.
TOM PETERSThe good news – and it is largely good news – is that everyone has a chance to stand out. Everyone has a chance to learn, improve, and build up their skills. Everyone has a chance to be a brand worthy of remark
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Who comes first? Don’t be silly, says King Hal; it’s employees. That is – and this dear Watson, is elementary – if you genuinely want to put customers first, you must put employees more first.
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If a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shade.
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Print-based libraries developed in an age of scarce printed resources.
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Usage tends to be global, while funding tends tobe local. When we allow it to happen, usage of a digital library is remarkably diverse and widespread.
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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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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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The difference between great and average is, mostly, having the imagination and zeal to re-create yourself daily.
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The populations of most cities around the world continue to grow. The reasonspeople congregate in cities are various and complex, and the dawn of the digital age has not put much of adamper on the human urge to congregate.
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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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Treat the customer as an appreciating asset.
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Vision is dandy, but sustainable company excellence comes from a huge stable of able managers.
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It doesn’t matter what product or service you’re offering; there is unlimited ability to improve the quality of anything.
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Don’t ‘tolerate’ mistakes. Embrace them!
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For me, reading is reading.
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Authority never matches responsibility. That’s one of the great myths and delusions of all times. Winning managers and individual performers at all levels know that effectiveness means building your own network and creating your own authority.
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