The idea of intimately entwining with customers [to get ideas] is an idea whose time has come.
TOM PETERSSuccess requires a persistent misreading of the odds.
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Like it or not – and often we don’t – power is a pervasive phenomenon. From midnight decisions in the Oval Office that risk the lives of young Americans to quarrels over the kitchen table, power is part of every human equation.
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The dumbest mistake is viewing design as something you do at the end of the process to ‘tidy up’ the mess, as opposed to understanding it’s a ‘day one’ issue and part of everything.
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Public Speaking is a skill that can be studied, polished, perfected. Not only can you get good at it, you can get damn good at it and it makes a heck of a difference.
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Bold botches are to be cherished.
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For me, reading is reading.
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Gandhi and Mandela and Churchill and JFK and Reagan and Thatcher and Sarkozy and Franklin and Washington set the tone to an incredible degree-their “personal style” was their “brand.” (“It” starts with personal style of the tip-top leadership team.
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Don’t let the vision be shot through with holes, but be damn sure some of your best and brightest are shooting at it — with bazookas as well as sniper’s rifles.
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Quite 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.
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Progress is mostly the product of rogues.
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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!
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Have you set high standards in the past that make it clear what level of performance you demand?
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Something mysterious happens to a curious, fully engaged mind – and it happens as often as not, subconsciously. Strange little sparks are set off, connections made, insights triggered
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Formula for success: under promise and over deliver.
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I think economics is about passion. Economic progress, whether it is a two-person coffee shop or whether it is Netscape, is about people with brave ideas. Because it is brave to mortgage the house, when you’ve got two kids, to start a coffee shop.
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TRUST, not technology, is the issue of the decade.
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It doesn’t matter what product or service you’re offering; there is unlimited ability to improve the quality of anything.
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Now that I have adopted into my own daily life a device that makes music and spoken-word files easy to access from anywhere, I have tempered my skepticism.
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Leaders’ careers will usually be determined by their handling of one or two critical events that no one could possibly anticipate or plan for.
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A passive approach to professional growth will leave you by the wayside.
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One simply cannot pay tribute to Stephen Covey without saying at the outset that he was a lovely human being.
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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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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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Listen to Everyone. Ideas come from everywhere
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The difference between great and average is, mostly, having the imagination and zeal to re-create yourself daily.
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You can’t live life without an eraser.
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You are your projects!
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