Effective listening is a professional achievement-achieved only through hard work.
TOM PETERSIf 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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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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A completely free library is as rare as a truly free lunch.
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You can’t live life without an eraser.
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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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Don’t ‘tolerate’ mistakes. Embrace them!
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You can’t think your way out of a box; you’ve got to act.
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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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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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Treat the customer as an appreciating asset.
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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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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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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.
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Who comes first? Don’t be silly, says King Hal; it’s employees. That is – and this dear Watson, is elementary – if you genuinely want to put customers first, you must put employees more first.
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Some people have argued that listening to a work of literature does not really promote literacy in the same way that reading does.
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The world has not just “turned upside down”. It is turning in every which way at an accelerating pace.
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