The top athletes are consummate pros who work obsessively at their craft. Approach yours the same way.
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.
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I think it’s wonderful to save the world, but you need to be part of the world, too.
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How do you achieve excellence?…Stop doing non-excellent stuff!
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Entrepreneurs have no memories. They take on the world with a completely fresh view.
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Appreciation, applause, approval, respect – we all love it!
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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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Community. A friend started a real estate brokerage a few years ago. By the time she’d added her second employee, she was a pillar of her 35,000-person community.
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People of all demographic categories and geographic regions will access a good digital library.
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Knowing when to take your losses is an essential part of eventual success.
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Fact 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.
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…high end does not necessarily equal high price. It’s a matter of attitude.
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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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Authority never matches responsibility. That’s one of the great myths and delusions of all times. Winning managers and individual performers at all levels know that effectiveness means building your own network and creating your own authority.
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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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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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Formula for success: under promise and over deliver.
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