All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.
TOM PETERSHow do you achieve excellence?…Stop doing non-excellent stuff!
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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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Celebrate what you want to see more of.
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If the person you delegated to does the job twice as well as you would have done it, consider yourself a leader.
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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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Have you set high standards in the past that make it clear what level of performance you demand?
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Business ceases to be work when you’re chasing a dream that has engorged you. (“Work should be more fun than fun” – Noel Coward.) And if the passion isn’t there. then biotech and plumbing will be equal drags.
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Ultimately, I think that the growth and sustainability of the e-book movement depends on authors and end-users (readers).
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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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Cost does not equal value… and low cost parts decrease brand equity for a very long time.
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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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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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Portability of lots of information should not be underestimated.
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Bold botches are to be cherished.
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A vibrant, rich, growing corpus of public-domain books is a vital public good – similar to parks, the infrastructure of basic services, and other hallmarks of any advanced society.
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Effective listening is a professional achievement-achieved only through hard work.
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