David Ogilvy contends that the greatest ad copywriters are marked by an insatiable curiosity ‘about every subject under the sun.’
TOM PETERSIf there is a single tragic flaw that mars our biggest enterprises, it is conservatism – the failure to fail, and fail big, in an era of unprecedented volatility and ambiguity.
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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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The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.
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Knowing when to take your losses is an essential part of eventual success.
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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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What you decide not to do is probably more important that what you decide to do.
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Effective listening is a professional achievement-achieved only through hard work.
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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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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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Organizations exist to serve. Period. Leaders live to serve. Period.
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What have you done lately – this week – to make yourself stand out? What would your colleagues or your customers say is your greatest and clearest strength? Your most noteworthy (as in, worthy of note) personal trait?
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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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Success requires a persistent misreading of the odds.
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…high end does not necessarily equal high price. It’s a matter of attitude.
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The common wisdom is that … managers have to learn to motivate people. Nonsense. Employees bring their own motivation.
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Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past.
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