As a consumer, you want to associate with brands whose powerful presence creates a halo effect that rubs off on you.
TOM PETERSFact is, the work place to a great extent is “where we live.” We need star accountants. Boffo saleswomen. Over-the-top creatives in marketing and new product development.
More Tom Peters Quotes
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We cannot innovate without opening the door to havoc.
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Some people have argued that listening to a work of literature does not really promote literacy in the same way that reading does.
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What have you done lately – this week – to make yourself stand out? What would your colleagues or your customers say is your greatest and clearest strength? Your most noteworthy (as in, worthy of note) personal trait?
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If the person you delegated to does the job twice as well as you would have done it, consider yourself a leader.
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Knowing when to take your losses is an essential part of eventual success.
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You can only improve what you measure.
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Divas do it, golfers do it, pilots do it, violists do it, sprinters do it, soldiers do it, surgeons do it, astronauts do it…only business people think it isn’t necessary to train.
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Listen while you can, so that you can lead when you must.
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All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.
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…high end does not necessarily equal high price. It’s a matter of attitude.
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The best leaders are the best notetakers, best askers, and best learners.
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Rewards should go to teams as a whole.
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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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Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past.
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The idea of intimately entwining with customers [to get ideas] is an idea whose time has come.
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