Every managerial act must be seen as an unequivocal support for urgency in pursuit of constant testing, change, and improvement.
TOM PETERSThose who succeed always reach far beyond formal deputation, take initiatives, and take the heat when things go awry. That’s true in the military in times of war, true for 200 person manufacturing firms, and true at giant automakers or software companies.
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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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I find digital content much easier and more rewarding to interact with on screen than printed on paper.
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The widespread availability of information is the only basis for effective day-to-day problem solving, which abets continuous improvement programs.
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Cost does not equal value… and low cost parts decrease brand equity for a very long time.
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Formula for success: under promise and over deliver.
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Listen while you can, so that you can lead when you must.
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He who makes the quickest, coolest prototypes reigns!
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Rewards should go to teams as a whole.
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The idea of intimately entwining with customers [to get ideas] is an idea whose time has come.
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A completely free library is as rare as a truly free lunch.
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I think it’s wonderful to save the world, but you need to be part of the world, too.
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I’m fundamentally not interested in the Fortune 500 companies – in US, Mexico, anywhere. The real backbones of economic growth are small and medium businesses.
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Learning is a matter of intensity not elapsed time.
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One simply cannot pay tribute to Stephen Covey without saying at the outset that he was a lovely human being.
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I believe in the age of the Internet, Facebook and Twitter, that relationships are everything.
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