Sorry, but those are two of the most profoundly upsetting questions anyone can ask – upsetting because the answer should be obvious: Do what turns you on, not what the statistics say is best.
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More Tom Peters Quotes
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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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Fact is, the work place to a great extent is “where we live.” We need star accountants. Boffo saleswomen. Over-the-top creatives in marketing and new product development.
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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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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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The best leaders are the best notetakers, best askers, and best learners.
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TRUST, not technology, is the issue of the decade.
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With most competitors moving ever faster, the race will go to those who listen (and respond) most intently.
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The difference between great and average is, mostly, having the imagination and zeal to re-create yourself daily.
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The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.
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Execution Excellence! (Show up on time! Leave last!)
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It doesn’t matter what product or service you’re offering; there is unlimited ability to improve the quality of anything.
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Leaders trust their guts. “Intuition” is one of those good words that has gotten a bad rap. For some reason, intuition has become a “soft” notion.
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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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The populations of most cities around the world continue to grow. The reasonspeople congregate in cities are various and complex, and the dawn of the digital age has not put much of adamper on the human urge to congregate.
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The thing that keeps a business ahead of the competition is excellence in execution.
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