All white-collar work is project work. The single salient fact that touches all of our lives is that work is being reinvented.
TOM PETERSGandhi and Mandela and Churchill and JFK and Reagan and Thatcher and Sarkozy and Franklin and Washington set the tone to an incredible degree-their “personal style” was their “brand.” (“It” starts with personal style of the tip-top leadership team.
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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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I believe in the age of the Internet, Facebook and Twitter, that relationships are everything.
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Don’t ‘tolerate’ mistakes. Embrace them!
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Like it or not – and often we don’t – power is a pervasive phenomenon. From midnight decisions in the Oval Office that risk the lives of young Americans to quarrels over the kitchen table, power is part of every human equation.
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The delivery and presentation media are important, and each format has its advantages and disadvantages, but ultimately I just want to read what I want to read, when and where I want.
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The 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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The best kept secret in the global economy today is this: When your service is AWESOME you get so stinking rich you have to buy new bags to carry all the money home.
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The best leaders are the best notetakers, best askers, and best learners.
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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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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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How do you achieve excellence?…Stop doing non-excellent stuff!
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…high end does not necessarily equal high price. It’s a matter of attitude.
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Progress is mostly the product of rogues.
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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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Community. 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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