Be guided by the axiom: There are no limits to the ability to contribute on the part of a properly selected, well-trained, appropriately supported, and, above all, committed person.
TOM PETERSTreat the customer as an appreciating asset.
More Tom Peters Quotes
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The thing that keeps a business ahead of the competition is excellence in execution.
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…high end does not necessarily equal high price. It’s a matter of attitude.
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The day firing becomes easy is the day to fire yourself.
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For me, reading is reading.
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Lists simplify, clarify, edify.
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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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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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Accept change as a friend. And don’t take yourself too seriously.
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The number one premise of business is that it need not be boring or dull. It ought to be fun. If it’s not fun, you’re wasting your life.
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Swipe from the best, then adapt.
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Listen while you can, so that you can lead when you must.
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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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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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A vibrant, rich, growing corpus of public-domain books is a vital public good – similar to parks, the infrastructure of basic services, and other hallmarks of any advanced society.
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Progress is mostly the product of rogues.
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