Accept change as a friend. And don’t take yourself too seriously.
TOM PETERSVision is dandy, but sustainable company excellence comes from a huge stable of able managers.
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TRUST, not technology, is the issue of the decade.
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Excellence is not an aspiration. Excellence is what you do in the next five minutes.
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If there is a single tragic flaw that mars our biggest enterprises, it is conservatism – the failure to fail, and fail big, in an era of unprecedented volatility and ambiguity.
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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 race will go to the curious, the slightly mad, and those with an un-satiated passion for learning and dare-deviltry.
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Your calendar never lies. All we have is our time. The way we spend our time is our priorities, is our strategy. Your calendar knows what you really care about. Do you?
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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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Appreciation, applause, approval, respect – we all love it!
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Bold botches are to be cherished.
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Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing… layout, processes, and procedures.
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Passion. The life of an entrepreneur is occasionally exhilarating, and almost always exhausting. Only unbridled passion for the concept is likely to see you through the 17-hour days (month after month) and the painful mistakes that are part and parcel of the start-up process.
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Business is about people. It’s about passion. It’s about bold ideas, bold small ideas or bold large ideas.
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Entrepreneurs have no memories. They take on the world with a completely fresh view.
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But there’s no substitute for getting smarter faster. And the way you get smarter is to screw around vigorously. Try stuff. See what works. See what fails miserably. Learn. Rinse. Repeat.
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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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