The worse things get, typically, the more they dig in their heels and defend yesterday’s turf.
TOM PETERSSome people have argued that listening to a work of literature does not really promote literacy in the same way that reading does.
More Tom Peters Quotes
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Every managerial act must be seen as an unequivocal support for urgency in pursuit of constant testing, change, and improvement.
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The dominant culture in most big companies demands punishment for a mistake, no matter how useful, small, invisible.
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If you love your company and love what you do, you will serve your customers better-period!
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Hire attitude train skills.
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Execution Excellence! (Show up on time! Leave last!)
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…high end does not necessarily equal high price. It’s a matter of attitude.
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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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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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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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The day firing becomes easy is the day to fire yourself.
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Momentum is a fragile force. Its worst enemy: procrastination. Its best friend: a deadline (think Election Day). Implication no. 1 (and there is no no. 2): Get to work! NOW!
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Garbage! Intuition is the new physics. It’s an Einsteinian, seven-sense, practical way to make tough decisions. Bottom line, circa 2001 to 2010: The crazier the times are, the more important it is for leaders to develop and to trust their intuition.
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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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You can’t think your way out of a box; you’ve got to act.
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Listen to Everyone. Ideas come from everywhere
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