The day firing becomes easy is the day to fire yourself.
TOM PETERSMistakes are life. Mistakes are not to be tolerated…they are to be encouraged. The bigger the better.
More Tom Peters Quotes
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The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.
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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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Stop being conned by the old mantra that says, ‘Leaders are cool, managers are dweebs.’ Instead, follow the Peters Principle: Leaders are cool. Managers are cool too!
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A completely free library is as rare as a truly free lunch.
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The widespread availability of information is the only basis for effective day-to-day problem solving, which abets continuous improvement programs.
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Cost does not equal value… and low cost parts decrease brand equity for a very long time.
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Celebrate what you want to see more of.
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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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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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David Ogilvy contends that the greatest ad copywriters are marked by an insatiable curiosity ‘about every subject under the sun.’
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Hire attitude train skills.
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The top athletes are consummate pros who work obsessively at their craft. Approach yours the same way.
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Mistakes are life. Mistakes are not to be tolerated…they are to be encouraged. The bigger the better.
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Develop a respect and reverence for the principle of variation: the idea that the message ain’t in the mean, the mode or the median – it’s in the differences that occur throughout a population.
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Gandhi and Mandela and Churchill and JFK and Reagan and Thatcher and Sarkozy and Franklin and Washington set the tone to an incredible degree-their “personal style” was their “brand.” (“It” starts with personal style of the tip-top leadership team.
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