The world has not just “turned upside down”. It is turning in every which way at an accelerating pace.
TOM PETERSWe often hear that the digital age has resulted in a devaluing of time, space, and place. But I wonder if theseclaims are exaggerated.
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If a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shade.
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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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What is my personal strategy for the next 10 hours? Who can I talk with or what can I volunteer for to learn something new?
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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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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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A completely free library is as rare as a truly free lunch.
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The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.
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Portability of lots of information should not be underestimated.
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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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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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If future competitiveness depends on treating people as an important part of the institution, the least respectful thing I can imagine doing to a human being is asking him to urinate in a cup.
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Treat the customer as an appreciating asset.
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You are your projects!
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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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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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