Public Speaking is a skill that can be studied, polished, perfected. Not only can you get good at it, you can get damn good at it and it makes a heck of a difference.
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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Fact is, the work place to a great extent is “where we live.” We need star accountants. Boffo saleswomen. Over-the-top creatives in marketing and new product development.
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The top athletes are consummate pros who work obsessively at their craft. Approach yours the same way.
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If a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shade.
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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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Leaders’ careers will usually be determined by their handling of one or two critical events that no one could possibly anticipate or plan for.
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How do you achieve excellence?…Stop doing non-excellent stuff!
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Passion. The life of an entrepreneur is occasionally exhilarating, and almost always exhausting. Only unbridled passion for the concept is likely to see you through the 17-hour days (month after month) and the painful mistakes that are part and parcel of the start-up process.
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The idea of intimately entwining with customers [to get ideas] is an idea whose time has come.
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We cannot innovate without opening the door to havoc.
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Integrity may be about little things as much or more than big ones.
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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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Business is about people. It’s about passion. It’s about bold ideas, bold small ideas or bold large ideas.
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Listen while you can, so that you can lead when you must.
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The company’s most urgent task is to learn to welcome, beg for, demand – innovation from everyone.
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Treat the customer as an appreciating asset.
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