Print-based libraries developed in an age of scarce printed resources.
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More Tom Peters Quotes
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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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Authority never matches responsibility. That’s one of the great myths and delusions of all times. Winning managers and individual performers at all levels know that effectiveness means building your own network and creating your own authority.
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Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing… layout, processes, and procedures.
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Formula for success: under promise and over deliver.
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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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Hire disrespectful people.
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Leaders understand the ultimate power of relationships.
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Make an extensive table of project ‘deliverables’. Label one column ‘as requested’. Create another column labeled ‘could be’. Make each ‘could be’ wild and woolly!
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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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Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.
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Sorry, but those are two of the most profoundly upsetting questions anyone can ask – upsetting because the answer should be obvious: Do what turns you on, not what the statistics say is best.
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We’re going to see leadership emerge as the most important element of business – the attribute that is highest in demand and shortest in supply.
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Entrepreneurs have no memories. They take on the world with a completely fresh view.
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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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South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village – an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.
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