The common wisdom is that … managers have to learn to motivate people. Nonsense. Employees bring their own motivation.
TOM PETERSPeople of all demographic categories and geographic regions will access a good digital library.
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If you love your company and love what you do, you will serve your customers better-period!
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It may be primarily property taxes in the case of a public library, or state taxes and tuition in the case of an academic library at a public university, but the funding sources of most libraries continue to have a strong geographic component.
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Integrity may be about little things as much or more than big ones.
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The delivery and presentation media are important, and each format has its advantages and disadvantages, but ultimately I just want to read what I want to read, when and where I want.
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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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What gets measured gets done.
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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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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.
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Knowing when to take your losses is an essential part of eventual success.
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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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Cost does not equal value… and low cost parts decrease brand equity for a very long time.
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Success requires a persistent misreading of the odds.
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Stop being conned by the old mantra that says, ‘Leaders are cool, managers are dweebs.’ Instead, follow the Peters Principle: Leaders are cool. Managers are cool too!
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The widespread availability of information is the only basis for effective day-to-day problem solving, which abets continuous improvement programs.
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Confidence means non-paralysis, a willingness to act, and act decisively, to start new things and cut failing ventures off.
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