The worse things get, typically, the more they dig in their heels and defend yesterday’s turf.
TOM PETERSStop being conned by the old mantra that says, ‘Leaders are cool, managers are dweebs.’ Instead, follow the Peters Principle: Leaders are cool. Managers are cool too!
More Tom Peters Quotes
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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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Develop a respect and reverence for the principle of variation: the idea that the message ain’t in the mean, the mode or the median – it’s in the differences that occur throughout a population.
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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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Today brands are everything, and all kinds of products and services – from accounting firms to sneaker makers to restaurants – are figuring out how to transcend the narrow boundaries of their categories and become a brand surrounded by a Tommy Hilfiger-like buzz.
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Excellence is not an aspiration. Excellence is what you do in the next five minutes.
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Leaders understand the ultimate power of relationships.
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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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The dominant culture in most big companies demands punishment for a mistake, no matter how useful, small, invisible.
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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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Business is about people. It’s about passion. It’s about bold ideas, bold small ideas or bold large ideas.
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You can’t live life without an eraser.
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Sorry, but those are two of the most profoundly upsetting questions anyone can ask – upsetting because the answer should be obvious: Do what turns you on, not what the statistics say is best.
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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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The good news – and it is largely good news – is that everyone has a chance to stand out. Everyone has a chance to learn, improve, and build up their skills. Everyone has a chance to be a brand worthy of remark
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The day firing becomes easy is the day to fire yourself.
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