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The day firing becomes easy is the day to fire yourself.

Tom Peters

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
I believe in the age of the Internet, Facebook and Twitter, that relationships are everything.
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Age Believe Internet
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
Business is about people. It’s about passion. It’s about bold ideas, bold small ideas or bold large ideas.
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Ideas Passion People
Mistakes are life. Mistakes are not to be tolerated…they are to be encouraged. The bigger the better.
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Bigger Encouraged Mistake
Lists simplify, clarify, edify.
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Edify Lists Simplify
You can only improve what you measure.
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Improve Measure Only People Possible
Integrity may be about little things as much or more than big ones.
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Integrity Littles May
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
How do you achieve excellence?…Stop doing non-excellent stuff!
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Achieve Excellence Stuff
Oh Lord, there it is again. The question;” What kind of business should I start?” Incidentially, it has a twin that also sets me off: “What should I specialize in during the second year of my MBA studies?”
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Business Incidentally Sorry Specialization Years
Effective listening is a professional achievement-achieved only through hard work.
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Achievement Effective Hard Listening Work
For me, reading is reading.
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Good Knowledge Learn Read Reading
Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing… layout, processes, and procedures.
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Business Design Poor Process Quality
Be guided by the axiom: There are no limits to the ability to contribute on the part of a properly selected, well-trained, appropriately supported, and, above all, committed person.
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Ability Appropriate Committed Limits
Divas do it, golfers do it, pilots do it, violists do it, sprinters do it, soldiers do it, surgeons do it, astronauts do it…only business people think it isn’t necessary to train.
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People Teamwork Thinking

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