With most competitors moving ever faster, the race will go to those who listen (and respond) most intently.
TOM PETERSOne simply cannot pay tribute to Stephen Covey without saying at the outset that he was a lovely human being.
More Tom Peters Quotes
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Integrity may be about little things as much or more than big ones.
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Hire attitude train skills.
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And remember: Everything in business is a paradox. To be excellent, you have to be consistent. When you’re consistent, you’re vulnerable to attack. Yes, it’s a paradox. Now deal with it!
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The day firing becomes easy is the day to fire yourself.
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South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village – an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.
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What you decide not to do is probably more important that what you decide to do.
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Rewards should go to teams as a whole.
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Learning is a matter of intensity not elapsed time.
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Business is about people. It’s about passion. It’s about bold ideas, bold small ideas or bold large ideas.
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The principal reason, invariably, most “successful” giant companies rather quickly become also-rans, or just amorphous blobs on the competitive landscape, is their failure to re-tool in anything like a fundamental way. In fact,
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If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you’re nuts to stay there.
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Don’t ‘tolerate’ mistakes. Embrace them!
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Knowing when to take your losses is an essential part of eventual success.
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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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Celebrate what you want to see more of.
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