The workplace revolution that transformed the lives of blue-collar workers in the 1970s and 1980s is finally reaching the offices and cubicles of the white-collar workers.
TOM PETERSThe simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.
More Tom Peters Quotes
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Don’t ‘tolerate’ mistakes. Embrace them!
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Ultimately, I think that the growth and sustainability of the e-book movement depends on authors and end-users (readers).
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As a consumer, you want to associate with brands whose powerful presence creates a halo effect that rubs off on you.
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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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Portability of lots of information should not be underestimated.
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He who makes the quickest, coolest prototypes reigns!
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You can’t think your way out of a box; you’ve got to act.
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Stop 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!
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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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All white-collar work is project work. The single salient fact that touches all of our lives is that work is being reinvented.
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Even a poor, out-of-datecollection reflects in its own way the values of the people who created it and the community it serves.
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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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Entrepreneurs have no memories. They take on the world with a completely fresh view.
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Every managerial act must be seen as an unequivocal support for urgency in pursuit of constant testing, change, and improvement.
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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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