Mistakes are life. Mistakes are not to be tolerated…they are to be encouraged. The bigger the better.
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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If no one is pissed-off with you then you are dead but just haven’t figured it out yet.
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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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I find digital content much easier and more rewarding to interact with on screen than printed on paper.
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Entrepreneurs have no memories. They take on the world with a completely fresh view.
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Bold botches are to be cherished.
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The top athletes are consummate pros who work obsessively at their craft. Approach yours the same way.
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…high end does not necessarily equal high price. It’s a matter of attitude.
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Knowing when to take your losses is an essential part of eventual success.
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Formula for success: under promise and over deliver.
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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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Make an extensive table of project ‘deliverables’. Label one column ‘as requested’. Create another column labeled ‘could be’. Make each ‘could be’ wild and woolly!
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The widespread availability of information is the only basis for effective day-to-day problem solving, which abets continuous improvement programs.
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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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Have you set high standards in the past that make it clear what level of performance you demand?
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I used to be skeptical when educators and technologists predicted that we may be entering a new era of oral culture, in which audible information will be at least as important as visible information.
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