The day firing becomes easy is the day to fire yourself.
TOM PETERSA vibrant, rich, growing corpus of public-domain books is a vital public good – similar to parks, the infrastructure of basic services, and other hallmarks of any advanced society.
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Leaders’ careers will usually be determined by their handling of one or two critical events that no one could possibly anticipate or plan for.
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Confidence means non-paralysis, a willingness to act, and act decisively, to start new things and cut failing ventures off.
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The top athletes are consummate pros who work obsessively at their craft. Approach yours the same way.
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The dominant culture in most big companies demands punishment for a mistake, no matter how useful, small, invisible.
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I think economics is about passion. Economic progress, whether it is a two-person coffee shop or whether it is Netscape, is about people with brave ideas. Because it is brave to mortgage the house, when you’ve got two kids, to start a coffee shop.
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You are who you go to lunch with! Break bread with cool and you will become more cool. Conversely: break bread with dull and well, you can figure it out.
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Mastery is great, but even that is not enough. You have to be able to change course without a bead of sweat, or remorse.
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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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Don’t ‘tolerate’ mistakes. Embrace them!
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For me, reading is reading.
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I believe in the age of the Internet, Facebook and Twitter, that relationships are everything.
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Swipe from the best, then adapt.
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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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The best leaders are the best notetakers, best askers, and best learners.
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David Ogilvy contends that the greatest ad copywriters are marked by an insatiable curiosity ‘about every subject under the sun.’
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