The whole secret to our success is being able to con ourselves into believing that we’re going to change the world because statistically we are unlikely to do it.
TOM PETERSPassion. 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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Dot the i’s, cross the t’s, answer the phones promptly, send out errorless invoices, and in general never forget that the devil is in the details.
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The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.
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South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village – an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.
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We cannot innovate without opening the door to havoc.
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Sorry, but those are two of the most profoundly upsetting questions anyone can ask – upsetting because the answer should be obvious: Do what turns you on, not what the statistics say is best.
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You are who you go to lunch with! Break bread with cool and you will become more cool. Conversely: break bread with dull and well, you can figure it out.
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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,
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The company’s most urgent task is to learn to welcome, beg for, demand – innovation from everyone.
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A passive approach to professional growth will leave you by the wayside.
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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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I find digital content much easier and more rewarding to interact with on screen than printed on paper.
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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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The widespread availability of information is the only basis for effective day-to-day problem solving, which abets continuous improvement programs.
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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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Treat the customer as an appreciating asset.
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