Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past.
TOM PETERSDon’t ‘tolerate’ mistakes. Embrace them!
More Tom Peters Quotes
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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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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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Don’t ‘tolerate’ mistakes. Embrace them!
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People of all demographic categories and geographic regions will access a good digital library.
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If a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shade.
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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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All white-collar work is project work. The single salient fact that touches all of our lives is that work is being reinvented.
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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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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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You can’t think your way out of a box; you’ve got to act.
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Organizations exist to serve. Period. Leaders live to serve. Period.
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Knowing when to take your losses is an essential part of eventual success.
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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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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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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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