A passive approach to professional growth will leave you by the wayside.
TOM PETERSExcellence is not an aspiration. Excellence is what you do in the next five minutes.
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Leadership is about tapping the wellsprings of human motivation – and about fundamental relations with one’s fellows.
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The thing that keeps a business ahead of the competition is excellence in execution.
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Now that I have adopted into my own daily life a device that makes music and spoken-word files easy to access from anywhere, I have tempered my skepticism.
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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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If no one is pissed-off with you then you are dead but just haven’t figured it out yet.
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Execution Excellence! (Show up on time! Leave last!)
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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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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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Lists simplify, clarify, edify.
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Those 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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The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.
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Vision is dandy, but sustainable company excellence comes from a huge stable of able managers.
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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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Excellent firms don’t believe in excellence – only in constant improvement and constant change.
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The best leaders are the best notetakers, best askers, and best learners.
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