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.
TOM PETERSKnowing when to take your losses is an essential part of eventual success.
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The idea of intimately entwining with customers [to get ideas] is an idea whose time has come.
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The world has not just “turned upside down”. It is turning in every which way at an accelerating pace.
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People of all demographic categories and geographic regions will access a good digital library.
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Have you set high standards in the past that make it clear what level of performance you demand?
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He who makes the quickest, coolest prototypes reigns!
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Swipe from the best, then adapt.
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Momentum is a fragile force. Its worst enemy: procrastination. Its best friend: a deadline (think Election Day). Implication no. 1 (and there is no no. 2): Get to work! NOW!
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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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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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Appreciation, applause, approval, respect – we all love it!
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The day firing becomes easy is the day to fire yourself.
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The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.
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Sorry, but those are two of the most profoundly upsetting questions anyone can ask – upsetting because the answer should be obvious: Do what turns you on, not what the statistics say is best.
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Public Speaking is a skill that can be studied, polished, perfected. Not only can you get good at it, you can get damn good at it and it makes a heck of a difference.
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Execution Excellence! (Show up on time! Leave last!)
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