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
TOM PETERSPrint-based libraries developed in an age of scarce printed resources.
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Swipe from the best, then adapt.
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As a consumer, you want to associate with brands whose powerful presence creates a halo effect that rubs off on you.
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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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Effective listening is a professional achievement-achieved only through hard work.
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Progress is mostly the product of rogues.
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Print-based libraries developed in an age of scarce printed resources.
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Every managerial act must be seen as an unequivocal support for urgency in pursuit of constant testing, change, and improvement.
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I used to be skeptical when educators and technologists predicted that we may be entering a new era of oral culture, in which audible information will be at least as important as visible information.
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…high end does not necessarily equal high price. It’s a matter of attitude.
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The idea of intimately entwining with customers [to get ideas] is an idea whose time has come.
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It may be primarily property taxes in the case of a public library, or state taxes and tuition in the case of an academic library at a public university, but the funding sources of most libraries continue to have a strong geographic component.
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Bold botches are to be cherished.
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Knowing when to take your losses is an essential part of eventual success.
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The widespread availability of information is the only basis for effective day-to-day problem solving, which abets continuous improvement programs.
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Gandhi and Mandela and Churchill and JFK and Reagan and Thatcher and Sarkozy and Franklin and Washington set the tone to an incredible degree-their “personal style” was their “brand.” (“It” starts with personal style of the tip-top leadership team.
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