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The difference between great and average is, mostly, having the imagination and zeal to re-create yourself daily.

Tom Peters

For me, reading is reading.
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Good Knowledge Learn Read Reading
What you decide not to do is probably more important that what you decide to do.
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Decide Important Probably
Stop being conned by the old mantra that says, ‘Leaders are cool, managers are dweebs.’ Instead, follow the Peters Principle: Leaders are cool. Managers are cool too!
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Leader Peter Principles
Effective listening is a professional achievement-achieved only through hard work.
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Achievement Effective Hard Listening Work
You are your projects!
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Country Execution People Projects
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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Answer Anyone Profoundly Sorry Statics Upsetting
Listen to Everyone. Ideas come from everywhere
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Everyone Everywhere Ideas Listen
Leaders understand the ultimate power of relationships.
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Inspirational Leader Ultimate
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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Connections Littles Mind
Cost does not equal value… and low cost parts decrease brand equity for a very long time.
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Cost Elapsed Long
Without exception, the dominance and coherence of culture proved to be an essential quality of the excellent companies.
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Culture Essentials Quality
Rewards should go to teams as a whole.
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Rewards Should Teamwork
It may be primarily property taxes in the case of a public library, or state taxes and tuition in the case of an academic library at a public university, but the funding sources of most libraries continue to have a strong geographic component.
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Academic Library Strong Tuition
The dominant culture in most big companies demands punishment for a mistake, no matter how useful, small, invisible.
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Culture Mistake Punishment
Develop a respect and reverence for the principle of variation: the idea that the message ain’t in the mean, the mode or the median – it’s in the differences that occur throughout a population.
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Differences Educational Ideas Mean Occur
Accept change as a friend. And don’t take yourself too seriously.
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Accepting Change

The difference between great and average is, mostly, having the imagination and zeal to re-create yourself daily.

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