Excellence is not an aspiration. Excellence is what you do in the next five minutes.
TOM PETERSDon’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.
More Tom Peters Quotes
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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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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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For me, reading is reading.
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The whole secret to our success is being able to con ourselves into believing that we’re going to change the world because statistically we are unlikely to do it.
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A completely free library is as rare as a truly free lunch.
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Don’t ‘tolerate’ mistakes. Embrace them!
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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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Execution Excellence! (Show up on time! Leave last!)
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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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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 thing that keeps a business ahead of the competition is excellence in execution.
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The common wisdom is that … managers have to learn to motivate people. Nonsense. Employees bring their own motivation.
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Leaders’ careers will usually be determined by their handling of one or two critical events that no one could possibly anticipate or plan for.
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Learning is a matter of intensity not elapsed time.
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Leadership is about tapping the wellsprings of human motivation – and about fundamental relations with one’s fellows.
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