The day firing becomes easy is the day to fire yourself.
TOM PETERSDot the i’s, cross the t’s, answer the phones promptly, send out errorless invoices, and in general never forget that the devil is in the details.
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I’m fundamentally not interested in the Fortune 500 companies – in US, Mexico, anywhere. The real backbones of economic growth are small and medium businesses.
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All white-collar work is project work. The single salient fact that touches all of our lives is that work is being reinvented.
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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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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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He who makes the quickest, coolest prototypes reigns!
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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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Become a “learning organization”. Shuck your arrogance – “if it isn’t our idea, it can’t be that good” – and become a determined copycat/ adapter/ enhancer.
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Dot the i’s, cross the t’s, answer the phones promptly, send out errorless invoices, and in general never forget that the devil is in the details.
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Print-based libraries developed in an age of scarce printed resources.
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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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Authority never matches responsibility. That’s one of the great myths and delusions of all times. Winning managers and individual performers at all levels know that effectiveness means building your own network and creating your own authority.
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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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Rewards should go to teams as a whole.
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David Ogilvy contends that the greatest ad copywriters are marked by an insatiable curiosity ‘about every subject under the sun.’
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You are your projects!
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