The best leaders are the best notetakers, best askers, and best learners.
TOM PETERSQuite simply, no matter how hard you try, no matter how “open” you are, you’ll end up surrounded by “yes people.” It’s hard not to believe people who are repeating your own ideas. Resist the temptation.
More Tom Peters Quotes
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Hire disrespectful people.
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Be guided by the axiom: There are no limits to the ability to contribute on the part of a properly selected, well-trained, appropriately supported, and, above all, committed person.
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The good news – and it is largely good news – is that everyone has a chance to stand out. Everyone has a chance to learn, improve, and build up their skills. Everyone has a chance to be a brand worthy of remark
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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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For me, reading is reading.
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The company’s most urgent task is to learn to welcome, beg for, demand – innovation from everyone.
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If you love your company and love what you do, you will serve your customers better-period!
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Print-based libraries developed in an age of scarce printed resources.
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A completely free library is as rare as a truly free lunch.
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You can only improve what you measure.
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Leaders win through logistics. Vision, sure. Strategy, yes. But when you go to war, you need to have both toilet paper and bullets at the right place at the right time. In other words, you must win through superior logistics.
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Mistakes are life. Mistakes are not to be tolerated…they are to be encouraged. The bigger the better.
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Bold botches are to be cherished.
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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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South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village – an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.
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