The populations of most cities around the world continue to grow. The reasonspeople congregate in cities are various and complex, and the dawn of the digital age has not put much of adamper on the human urge to congregate.
TOM PETERSToday brands are everything, and all kinds of products and services – from accounting firms to sneaker makers to restaurants – are figuring out how to transcend the narrow boundaries of their categories and become a brand surrounded by a Tommy Hilfiger-like buzz.
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Like it or not – and often we don’t – power is a pervasive phenomenon. From midnight decisions in the Oval Office that risk the lives of young Americans to quarrels over the kitchen table, power is part of every human equation.
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Leadership is about tapping the wellsprings of human motivation – and about fundamental relations with one’s fellows.
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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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One simply cannot pay tribute to Stephen Covey without saying at the outset that he was a lovely human being.
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Vision is dandy, but sustainable company excellence comes from a huge stable of able managers.
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I think economics is about passion. Economic progress, whether it is a two-person coffee shop or whether it is Netscape, is about people with brave ideas. Because it is brave to mortgage the house, when you’ve got two kids, to start a coffee shop.
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How do you achieve excellence?…Stop doing non-excellent stuff!
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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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Progress is mostly the product of rogues.
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The workplace revolution that transformed the lives of blue-collar workers in the 1970s and 1980s is finally reaching the offices and cubicles of the white-collar workers.
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Your calendar never lies. All we have is our time. The way we spend our time is our priorities, is our strategy. Your calendar knows what you really care about. Do you?
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The number one premise of business is that it need not be boring or dull. It ought to be fun. If it’s not fun, you’re wasting your life.
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If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you’re nuts to stay there.
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…high end does not necessarily equal high price. It’s a matter of attitude.
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The world has not just “turned upside down”. It is turning in every which way at an accelerating pace.
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