black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

And remember: Everything in business is a paradox. To be excellent, you have to be consistent. When you’re consistent, you’re vulnerable to attack. Yes, it’s a paradox. Now deal with it!

Tom Peters

TRUST, not technology, is the issue of the decade.
TOM PETERS

Decades Issues Technology
The principal reason, invariably, most “successful” giant companies rather quickly become also-rans, or just amorphous blobs on the competitive landscape, is their failure to re-tool in anything like a fundamental way. In fact,
TOM PETERS

Anything Change Fact Successful Worse Yesterday
Business ceases to be work when you’re chasing a dream that has engorged you. (“Work should be more fun than fun” – Noel Coward.) And if the passion isn’t there. then biotech and plumbing will be equal drags.
TOM PETERS

Biotech Business Cease Dream Engorged
…high end does not necessarily equal high price. It’s a matter of attitude.
TOM PETERS

Attitide Attitude Matter
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.
TOM PETERS

Book Growing Hallmark Parks
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.
TOM PETERS

Caring Stars Talking
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.
TOM PETERS

Miserable Stuff Trying Way
Organizations exist to serve. Period. Leaders live to serve. Period.
TOM PETERS

Entrepreneur Leader Organization
You can only improve what you measure.
TOM PETERS

Improve Measure Only People Possible
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 PETERS

Buzz Figure Sneakers Today Transcend
Lists simplify, clarify, edify.
TOM PETERS

Edify Lists Simplify
Swipe from the best, then adapt.
TOM PETERS

Business Innovation Innovative
Appreciation, applause, approval, respect – we all love it!
TOM PETERS

Applause Appreciation Approval
He who makes the quickest, coolest prototypes reigns!
TOM PETERS

Prototype Reign Work
Effective listening is a professional achievement-achieved only through hard work.
TOM PETERS

Achievement Effective Hard Listening Work
If you love your company and love what you do, you will serve your customers better-period!
TOM PETERS

Better Business Love Passion Period

And remember: Everything in business is a paradox. To be excellent, you have to be consistent. When you’re consistent, you’re vulnerable to attack. Yes, it’s a paradox. Now deal with it!

Related Topics

Popular Authors

And remember: Everything in business is a paradox. To be excellent, you have to be consistent. When you’re consistent, you’re vulnerable to attack. Yes, it’s a paradox. Now deal with it!

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Tom Peters Quotes