Today brands are everything, and all kinds of products and services – from accounting firms to sneaker makers to restaurants – are figuring out how to transcend the narrow boundaries of their categories and become a brand surrounded by a Tommy Hilfiger-like buzz.
TOM PETERSLife is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.
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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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Vision is dandy, but sustainable company excellence comes from a huge stable of able managers.
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To meet the demands of the fast-changing competitive scene, we must simply learn to love change as much as we have hated it in the past.
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If future competitiveness depends on treating people as an important part of the institution, the least respectful thing I can imagine doing to a human being is asking him to urinate in a cup.
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You can’t think your way out of a box; you’ve got to act.
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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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Accept change as a friend. And don’t take yourself too seriously.
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Ultimately, I think that the growth and sustainability of the e-book movement depends on authors and end-users (readers).
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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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You can’t live life without an eraser.
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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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Those who succeed always reach far beyond formal deputation, take initiatives, and take the heat when things go awry. That’s true in the military in times of war, true for 200 person manufacturing firms, and true at giant automakers or software companies.
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Lists simplify, clarify, edify.
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A vibrant, rich, growing corpus of public-domain books is a vital public good – similar to parks, the infrastructure of basic services, and other hallmarks of any advanced society.
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What is my personal strategy for the next 10 hours? Who can I talk with or what can I volunteer for to learn something new?
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