If you love your company and love what you do, you will serve your customers better-period!
TOM PETERSAs a consumer, you want to associate with brands whose powerful presence creates a halo effect that rubs off on you.
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Smile if it kills you. The physiology of smiling diffuses a lot of anger and angst. It makes your body and soul feel better.
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…high end does not necessarily equal high price. It’s a matter of attitude.
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Organizations exist to serve. Period. Leaders live to serve. Period.
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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 delivery and presentation media are important, and each format has its advantages and disadvantages, but ultimately I just want to read what I want to read, when and where I want.
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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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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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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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Like it or not – and often we don’t – power is a pervasive phenomenon. From midnight decisions in the Oval Office that risk the lives of young Americans to quarrels over the kitchen table, power is part of every human equation.
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Without exception, the dominance and coherence of culture proved to be an essential quality of the excellent companies.
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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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If the person you delegated to does the job twice as well as you would have done it, consider yourself a leader.
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With most competitors moving ever faster, the race will go to those who listen (and respond) most intently.
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A passive approach to professional growth will leave you by the wayside.
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Leadership is about tapping the wellsprings of human motivation – and about fundamental relations with one’s fellows.
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