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Tom Peters

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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Connections Littles Mind
The top athletes are consummate pros who work obsessively at their craft. Approach yours the same way.
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Athlete Crafts Way
He who makes the quickest, coolest prototypes reigns!
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Prototype Reign Work
Swipe from the best, then adapt.
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Business Innovation Innovative
I don’t want the 35-year-olds in my audience to think of me as as ‘pops’ giving the kind of advice that only 65-year-olds can understand.
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Giving Thinking Understand Years
Learning is a matter of intensity not elapsed time.
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Learning Matter Teaching
Hire disrespectful people.
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Disrespectful People Work
The worse things get, typically, the more they dig in their heels and defend yesterday’s turf.
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Defend Thing Worse Yesterday
Bold botches are to be cherished.
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Botches Cherished Country People
Execution Excellence! (Show up on time! Leave last!)
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Entrepreneur Excellence Lasts
…high end does not necessarily equal high price. It’s a matter of attitude.
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Attitide Attitude Matter
Listen to Everyone. Ideas come from everywhere
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Everyone Everywhere Ideas Listen
The dominant culture in most big companies demands punishment for a mistake, no matter how useful, small, invisible.
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Culture Mistake Punishment
Forget loyalty. Or at least loyalty to one’s corporation. Try loyalty to your Rolodex-your network-instead.
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Corporations Loyalty Trying
Cost does not equal value… and low cost parts decrease brand equity for a very long time.
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Cost Elapsed Long
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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Next Strategy Volunteer

If a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shade.

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