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Tom Peters

The thing that keeps a business ahead of the competition is excellence in execution.
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Business Competition Excellence
If 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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Ambiguity Era Flaws Mars Unprecedented Volatility
Hire disrespectful people.
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Disrespectful People Work
The common wisdom is that … managers have to learn to motivate people. Nonsense. Employees bring their own motivation.
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Common Motivation People
Learning is a matter of intensity not elapsed time.
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Learning Matter Teaching
Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past.
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Change Learning Past
Portability of lots of information should not be underestimated.
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Information Portability Should
Smile if it kills you. The physiology of smiling diffuses a lot of anger and angst. It makes your body and soul feel better.
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Better Body Feel Soul
With most competitors moving ever faster, the race will go to those who listen (and respond) most intently.
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Faster Moving Race
We’re going to see leadership emerge as the most important element of business – the attribute that is highest in demand and shortest in supply.
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Demand Elements Important
Ultimately, I think that the growth and sustainability of the e-book movement depends on authors and end-users (readers).
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Book Growth Thinking
Leadership is about tapping the wellsprings of human motivation – and about fundamental relations with one’s fellows.
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Fundamentals Leadership Motivation
Hire attitude train skills.
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Attitude Skills Train
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 no one is pissed-off with you then you are dead but just haven’t figured it out yet.
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Knowledge Learning Off Pissed
The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.
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Positive Productive Work Simple

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