The world has not just “turned upside down”. It is turning in every which way at an accelerating pace.
TOM PETERSDevelop 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.
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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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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Don’t ‘tolerate’ mistakes. Embrace them!
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Confidence means non-paralysis, a willingness to act, and act decisively, to start new things and cut failing ventures off.
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Dot the i’s, cross the t’s, answer the phones promptly, send out errorless invoices, and in general never forget that the devil is in the details.
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Leaders understand the ultimate power of relationships.
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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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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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People of all demographic categories and geographic regions will access a good digital library.
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Business ceases to be work when you’re chasing a dream that has engorged you. (“Work should be more fun than fun” – Noel Coward.) And if the passion isn’t there. then biotech and plumbing will be equal drags.
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The best kept secret in the global economy today is this: When your service is AWESOME you get so stinking rich you have to buy new bags to carry all the money home.
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Don’t let the vision be shot through with holes, but be damn sure some of your best and brightest are shooting at it — with bazookas as well as sniper’s rifles.
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The populations of most cities around the world continue to grow. The reasonspeople congregate in cities are various and complex, and the dawn of the digital age has not put much of adamper on the human urge to congregate.
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Swipe from the best, then adapt.
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Print-based libraries developed in an age of scarce printed resources.
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