Accept change as a friend. And don’t take yourself too seriously.
TOM PETERSI believe in the age of the Internet, Facebook and Twitter, that relationships are everything.
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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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Have you set high standards in the past that make it clear what level of performance you demand?
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David Ogilvy contends that the greatest ad copywriters are marked by an insatiable curiosity ‘about every subject under the sun.’
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It doesn’t matter what product or service you’re offering; there is unlimited ability to improve the quality of anything.
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The principal reason, invariably, most “successful” giant companies rather quickly become also-rans, or just amorphous blobs on the competitive landscape, is their failure to re-tool in anything like a fundamental way. In fact,
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We 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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The widespread availability of information is the only basis for effective day-to-day problem solving, which abets continuous improvement programs.
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Without exception, the dominance and coherence of culture proved to be an essential quality of the excellent companies.
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Passion. The life of an entrepreneur is occasionally exhilarating, and almost always exhausting. Only unbridled passion for the concept is likely to see you through the 17-hour days (month after month) and the painful mistakes that are part and parcel of the start-up process.
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I believe in the age of the Internet, Facebook and Twitter, that relationships are everything.
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Leaders trust their guts. “Intuition” is one of those good words that has gotten a bad rap. For some reason, intuition has become a “soft” notion.
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Forget loyalty. Or at least loyalty to one’s corporation. Try loyalty to your Rolodex-your network-instead.
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Smile if it kills you. The physiology of smiling diffuses a lot of anger and angst. It makes your body and soul feel better.
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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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Listen while you can, so that you can lead when you must.
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