Oh Lord, there it is again. The question;” What kind of business should I start?” Incidentially, it has a twin that also sets me off: “What should I specialize in during the second year of my MBA studies?”
TOM PETERSThe 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.
More Tom Peters Quotes
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You are who you go to lunch with! Break bread with cool and you will become more cool. Conversely: break bread with dull and well, you can figure it out.
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Your calendar never lies. All we have is our time. The way we spend our time is our priorities, is our strategy. Your calendar knows what you really care about. Do you?
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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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And remember: Everything in business is a paradox. To be excellent, you have to be consistent. When you’re consistent, you’re vulnerable to attack. Yes, it’s a paradox. Now deal with it!
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The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.
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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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South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village – an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.
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The thing that keeps a business ahead of the competition is excellence in execution.
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All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.
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…high end does not necessarily equal high price. It’s a matter of attitude.
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Customers perceive service in their own unique, idiosyncratic, emotional, irrational, end-of-the-day, and totally human terms. Perception is all there is!
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Listen while you can, so that you can lead when you must.
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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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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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Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing… layout, processes, and procedures.
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