Success requires a persistent misreading of the odds.
TOM PETERSDon’t ‘tolerate’ mistakes. Embrace them!
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The world has not just “turned upside down”. It is turning in every which way at an accelerating pace.
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If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you’re nuts to stay there.
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Knowing when to take your losses is an essential part of eventual success.
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You are your projects!
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What you decide not to do is probably more important that what you decide to do.
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Customers perceive service in their own unique, idiosyncratic, emotional, irrational, end-of-the-day, and totally human terms. Perception is all there is!
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Learning is a matter of intensity not elapsed time.
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Excellence is not an aspiration. Excellence is what you do in the next five minutes.
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Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing… layout, processes, and procedures.
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Listen while you can, so that you can lead when you must.
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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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Quite simply, no matter how hard you try, no matter how “open” you are, you’ll end up surrounded by “yes people.” It’s hard not to believe people who are repeating your own ideas. Resist the temptation.
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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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What is my personal strategy for the next 10 hours? Who can I talk with or what can I volunteer for to learn something new?
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TRUST, not technology, is the issue of the decade.
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