Mistakes are life. Mistakes are not to be tolerated…they are to be encouraged. The bigger the better.
TOM PETERSListen to Everyone. Ideas come from everywhere
More Tom Peters Quotes
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We’re going to see leadership emerge as the most important element of business – the attribute that is highest in demand and shortest in supply.
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Like it or not – and often we don’t – power is a pervasive phenomenon. From midnight decisions in the Oval Office that risk the lives of young Americans to quarrels over the kitchen table, power is part of every human equation.
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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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The difference between great and average is, mostly, having the imagination and zeal to re-create yourself daily.
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You are your projects!
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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?”
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Cost does not equal value… and low cost parts decrease brand equity for a very long time.
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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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Learning is a matter of intensity not elapsed time.
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Celebrate what you want to see more of.
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To meet the demands of the fast-changing competitive scene, we must simply learn to love change as much as we have hated it in the past.
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I think economics is about passion. Economic progress, whether it is a two-person coffee shop or whether it is Netscape, is about people with brave ideas. Because it is brave to mortgage the house, when you’ve got two kids, to start a coffee shop.
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TRUST, not technology, is the issue of the decade.
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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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