The day firing becomes easy is the day to fire yourself.
TOM PETERSWinners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past.
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The thing that keeps a business ahead of the competition is excellence in execution.
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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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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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The top athletes are consummate pros who work obsessively at their craft. Approach yours the same way.
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You can only improve what you measure.
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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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Forget loyalty. Or at least loyalty to one’s corporation. Try loyalty to your Rolodex-your network-instead.
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You can’t live life without an eraser.
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People of all demographic categories and geographic regions will access a good digital library.
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Mistakes are life. Mistakes are not to be tolerated…they are to be encouraged. The bigger the better.
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If you love your company and love what you do, you will serve your customers better-period!
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Leaders win through logistics. Vision, sure. Strategy, yes. But when you go to war, you need to have both toilet paper and bullets at the right place at the right time. In other words, you must win through superior logistics.
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TRUST, not technology, is the issue of the decade.
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Mastery is great, but even that is not enough. You have to be able to change course without a bead of sweat, or remorse.
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