Every managerial act must be seen as an unequivocal support for urgency in pursuit of constant testing, change, and improvement.
TOM PETERSThe magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.
More Tom Peters Quotes
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Portability of lots of information should not be underestimated.
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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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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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A completely free library is as rare as a truly free lunch.
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The best kept secret in the global economy today is this: When your service is AWESOME you get so stinking rich you have to buy new bags to carry all the money home.
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Celebrate what you want to see more of.
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Forget loyalty. Or at least loyalty to one’s corporation. Try loyalty to your Rolodex-your network-instead.
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Dot the i’s, cross the t’s, answer the phones promptly, send out errorless invoices, and in general never forget that the devil is in the details.
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The worse things get, typically, the more they dig in their heels and defend yesterday’s turf.
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Lists simplify, clarify, edify.
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Ultimately, I think that the growth and sustainability of the e-book movement depends on authors and end-users (readers).
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Usage tends to be global, while funding tends tobe local. When we allow it to happen, usage of a digital library is remarkably diverse and widespread.
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We cannot innovate without opening the door to havoc.
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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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