The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.
TOM PETERSTreat the customer as an appreciating asset.
More Tom Peters Quotes
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Something mysterious happens to a curious, fully engaged mind – and it happens as often as not, subconsciously. Strange little sparks are set off, connections made, insights triggered
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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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People of all demographic categories and geographic regions will access a good digital library.
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Excellence is not an aspiration. Excellence is what you do in the next five minutes.
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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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Progress is mostly the product of rogues.
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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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The race will go to the curious, the slightly mad, and those with an un-satiated passion for learning and dare-deviltry.
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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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How do you achieve excellence?…Stop doing non-excellent stuff!
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…high end does not necessarily equal high price. It’s a matter of attitude.
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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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David Ogilvy contends that the greatest ad copywriters are marked by an insatiable curiosity ‘about every subject under the sun.’
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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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Learning is a matter of intensity not elapsed time.
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