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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.

Tom Peters

Execution Excellence! (Show up on time! Leave last!)
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Entrepreneur Excellence Lasts
Bold botches are to be cherished.
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Botches Cherished Country People
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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Business Country Numbers Power Risk
You are who you go to lunch with! Break bread with cool and you will become more cool. Conversely: break bread with dull and well, you can figure it out.
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Business Dull Lunch
Divas do it, golfers do it, pilots do it, violists do it, sprinters do it, soldiers do it, surgeons do it, astronauts do it…only business people think it isn’t necessary to train.
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People Teamwork Thinking
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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Abet Availability Information
What you decide not to do is probably more important that what you decide to do.
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Decide Important Probably
Portability of lots of information should not be underestimated.
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Information Portability Should
Cost does not equal value… and low cost parts decrease brand equity for a very long time.
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Cost Elapsed Long
As a consumer, you want to associate with brands whose powerful presence creates a halo effect that rubs off on you.
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Halos Powerful Want
Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing… layout, processes, and procedures.
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Business Design Poor Process Quality
The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.
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Positive Productive Work Simple
I find digital content much easier and more rewarding to interact with on screen than printed on paper.
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Digital Easier Paper
I think economics is about passion. Economic progress, whether it is a two-person coffee shop or whether it is Netscape, is about people with brave ideas. Because it is brave to mortgage the house, when you’ve got two kids, to start a coffee shop.
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Coffee Kids Passion
One simply cannot pay tribute to Stephen Covey without saying at the outset that he was a lovely human being.
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Human Lovely Pay Tribute
Business is about people. It’s about passion. It’s about bold ideas, bold small ideas or bold large ideas.
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Ideas Passion People

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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