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TOM PETERSThe idea of intimately entwining with customers [to get ideas] is an idea whose time has come.
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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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Listen to Everyone. Ideas come from everywhere
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The whole secret to our success is being able to con ourselves into believing that we’re going to change the world because statistically we are unlikely to do it.
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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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Gandhi 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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Oh Lord, there it is again. The question;” What kind of business should I start?” Incidentially, it has a twin that also sets me off: “What should I specialize in during the second year of my MBA studies?”
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Leaders win through logistics. Vision, sure. Strategy, yes. But when you go to war, you need to have both toilet paper and bullets at the right place at the right time. In other words, you must win through superior logistics.
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I believe in the age of the Internet, Facebook and Twitter, that relationships are everything.
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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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How do you achieve excellence?…Stop doing non-excellent stuff!
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You are who you go to lunch with! Break bread with cool and you will become more cool. Conversely: break bread with dull and well, you can figure it out.
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The thing that keeps a business ahead of the competition is excellence in execution.
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Progress is mostly the product of rogues.
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Learning is a matter of intensity not elapsed time.
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