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?”
TOM PETERSThe worse things get, typically, the more they dig in their heels and defend yesterday’s turf.
More Tom Peters Quotes
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Have you set high standards in the past that make it clear what level of performance you demand?
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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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Integrity may be about little things as much or more than big ones.
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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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Who comes first? Don’t be silly, says King Hal; it’s employees. That is – and this dear Watson, is elementary – if you genuinely want to put customers first, you must put employees more first.
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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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Progress is mostly the product of rogues.
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Lists simplify, clarify, edify.
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I’m fundamentally not interested in the Fortune 500 companies – in US, Mexico, anywhere. The real backbones of economic growth are small and medium businesses.
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Now that I have adopted into my own daily life a device that makes music and spoken-word files easy to access from anywhere, I have tempered my skepticism.
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Portability of lots of information should not be underestimated.
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Dot the i’s, cross the t’s, answer the phones promptly, send out errorless invoices, and in general never forget that the devil is in the details.
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He who makes the quickest, coolest prototypes reigns!
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Today 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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A completely free library is as rare as a truly free lunch.
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