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.
TOM PETERSGandhi 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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All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.
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Those who succeed always reach far beyond formal deputation, take initiatives, and take the heat when things go awry. That’s true in the military in times of war, true for 200 person manufacturing firms, and true at giant automakers or software companies.
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Listen to Everyone. Ideas come from everywhere
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Effective listening is a professional achievement-achieved only through hard work.
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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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Appreciation, applause, approval, respect – we all love it!
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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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Success requires a persistent misreading of the odds.
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Progress is mostly the product of rogues.
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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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We cannot innovate without opening the door to havoc.
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Business is about people. It’s about passion. It’s about bold ideas, bold small ideas or bold large ideas.
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Passion. The life of an entrepreneur is occasionally exhilarating, and almost always exhausting. Only unbridled passion for the concept is likely to see you through the 17-hour days (month after month) and the painful mistakes that are part and parcel of the start-up process.
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Forget loyalty. Or at least loyalty to one’s corporation. Try loyalty to your Rolodex-your network-instead.
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Bold botches are to be cherished.
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