Celebrate what you want to see more of.
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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Cost does not equal value… and low cost parts decrease brand equity for a very long time.
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Rewards should go to teams as a whole.
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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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Oh Lord, there it is again. The question;” What kind of business should I start?” Incidentially, it has a twin that also sets me off: “What should I specialize in during the second year of my MBA studies?”
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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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All white-collar work is project work. The single salient fact that touches all of our lives is that work is being reinvented.
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What gets measured gets done.
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For me, reading is reading.
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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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Success requires a persistent misreading of the odds.
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Knowing when to take your losses is an essential part of eventual success.
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Entrepreneurs have no memories. They take on the world with a completely fresh view.
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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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Excellence is not an aspiration. Excellence is what you do in the next five minutes.
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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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