Progress is mostly the product of rogues.
TOM PETERSWhat is my personal strategy for the next 10 hours? Who can I talk with or what can I volunteer for to learn something new?
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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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If there is a single tragic flaw that mars our biggest enterprises, it is conservatism – the failure to fail, and fail big, in an era of unprecedented volatility and ambiguity.
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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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Ultimately, I think that the growth and sustainability of the e-book movement depends on authors and end-users (readers).
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Excellence is not an aspiration. Excellence is what you do in the next five minutes.
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But there’s no substitute for getting smarter faster. And the way you get smarter is to screw around vigorously. Try stuff. See what works. See what fails miserably. Learn. Rinse. Repeat.
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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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Knowing when to take your losses is an essential part of eventual success.
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Public Speaking is a skill that can be studied, polished, perfected. Not only can you get good at it, you can get damn good at it and it makes a heck of a difference.
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Celebrate what you want to see more of.
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The best kept secret in the global economy today is this: When your service is AWESOME you get so stinking rich you have to buy new bags to carry all the money home.
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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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A passive approach to professional growth will leave you by the wayside.
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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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Business ceases to be work when you’re chasing a dream that has engorged you. (“Work should be more fun than fun” – Noel Coward.) And if the passion isn’t there. then biotech and plumbing will be equal drags.
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