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Leadership is about tapping the wellsprings of human motivation – and about fundamental relations with one’s fellows.

Tom Peters

Cost does not equal value… and low cost parts decrease brand equity for a very long time.
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Cost Elapsed Long
Ultimately, I think that the growth and sustainability of the e-book movement depends on authors and end-users (readers).
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Book Growth Thinking
Celebrate what you want to see more of.
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Inspirational Life Motivational
Portability of lots of information should not be underestimated.
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Information Portability Should
If you love your company and love what you do, you will serve your customers better-period!
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Better Business Love Passion Period
The delivery and presentation media are important, and each format has its advantages and disadvantages, but ultimately I just want to read what I want to read, when and where I want.
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Important Media Ultimately Want
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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Business Incidentally Sorry Specialization Years
The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.
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Business Educational Inspirational
I think it’s wonderful to save the world, but you need to be part of the world, too.
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Needs Thinking World
Lists simplify, clarify, edify.
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Edify Lists Simplify
Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past.
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Change Learning Past
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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Arrogance Ideas Organization
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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Leader Peter Principles
Fact is, the work place to a great extent is “where we live.” We need star accountants. Boffo saleswomen. Over-the-top creatives in marketing and new product development.
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Caring Stars Talking
With most competitors moving ever faster, the race will go to those who listen (and respond) most intently.
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Faster Moving Race
Listen while you can, so that you can lead when you must.
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Deliver Formula Success
Rewards should go to teams as a whole.
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Rewards Should Teamwork
Garbage! Intuition is the new physics. It’s an Einsteinian, seven-sense, practical way to make tough decisions. Bottom line, circa 2001 to 2010: The crazier the times are, the more important it is for leaders to develop and to trust their intuition.
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Decision Important Intuition More Practical Tough
The thing that keeps a business ahead of the competition is excellence in execution.
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Business Competition Excellence
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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Community People Way
Print-based libraries developed in an age of scarce printed resources.
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Age Library Resources
You can’t live life without an eraser.
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Eraser Happen Life Live
Listen to Everyone. Ideas come from everywhere
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Everyone Everywhere Ideas Listen
Momentum is a fragile force. Its worst enemy: procrastination. Its best friend: a deadline (think Election Day). Implication no. 1 (and there is no no. 2): Get to work! NOW!
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Enemy Procrastination Thinking Worst
A completely free library is as rare as a truly free lunch.
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Free Library Lunch Rare
I don’t want the 35-year-olds in my audience to think of me as as ‘pops’ giving the kind of advice that only 65-year-olds can understand.
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Giving Thinking Understand Years
Integrity may be about little things as much or more than big ones.
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Integrity Littles May

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