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.
TOM PETERSThe dominant culture in most big companies demands punishment for a mistake, no matter how useful, small, invisible.
More Tom Peters Quotes
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You can only improve what you measure.
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The good news – and it is largely good news – is that everyone has a chance to stand out. Everyone has a chance to learn, improve, and build up their skills. Everyone has a chance to be a brand worthy of remark
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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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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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If a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shade.
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What you decide not to do is probably more important that what you decide to do.
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Be guided by the axiom: There are no limits to the ability to contribute on the part of a properly selected, well-trained, appropriately supported, and, above all, committed person.
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I still read quite a few printed books, but if something is available in digital format I do not print it before I read it.
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How do you achieve excellence?…Stop doing non-excellent stuff!
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Portability of lots of information should not be underestimated.
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Garbage! Intuition is the new physics. It’s an Einsteinian, seven-sense, practical way to make tough decisions. Bottom line, circa 2001 to 2010: The crazier the times are, the more important it is for leaders to develop and to trust their intuition.
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The number one premise of business is that it need not be boring or dull. It ought to be fun. If it’s not fun, you’re wasting your life.
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I’m fundamentally not interested in the Fortune 500 companies – in US, Mexico, anywhere. The real backbones of economic growth are small and medium businesses.
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The idea of intimately entwining with customers [to get ideas] is an idea whose time has come.
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Listen to Everyone. Ideas come from everywhere
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