Now that I have adopted into my own daily life a device that makes music and spoken-word files easy to access from anywhere, I have tempered my skepticism.
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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If future competitiveness depends on treating people as an important part of the institution, the least respectful thing I can imagine doing to a human being is asking him to urinate in a cup.
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I still read quite a few printed books, but if something is available in digital format I do not print it before I read it.
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I think it’s wonderful to save the world, but you need to be part of the world, too.
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Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.
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Print-based libraries developed in an age of scarce printed resources.
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Excellent firms don’t believe in excellence – only in constant improvement and constant change.
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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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Your calendar never lies. All we have is our time. The way we spend our time is our priorities, is our strategy. Your calendar knows what you really care about. Do you?
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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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Leaders understand the ultimate power of relationships.
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Hire disrespectful people.
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Every managerial act must be seen as an unequivocal support for urgency in pursuit of constant testing, change, and improvement.
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Swipe from the best, then adapt.
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Without exception, the dominance and coherence of culture proved to be an essential quality of the excellent companies.
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Accept change as a friend. And don’t take yourself too seriously.
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