The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.
TOM PETERSSmile if it kills you. The physiology of smiling diffuses a lot of anger and angst. It makes your body and soul feel better.
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The thing that keeps a business ahead of the competition is excellence in execution.
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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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You can’t think your way out of a box; you’ve got to act.
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I used to be skeptical when educators and technologists predicted that we may be entering a new era of oral culture, in which audible information will be at least as important as visible information.
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It doesn’t matter what product or service you’re offering; there is unlimited ability to improve the quality of anything.
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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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Sorry, but those are two of the most profoundly upsetting questions anyone can ask – upsetting because the answer should be obvious: Do what turns you on, not what the statistics say is best.
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Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing… layout, processes, and procedures.
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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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Swipe from the best, then adapt.
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Formula for success: under promise and over deliver.
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Smile if it kills you. The physiology of smiling diffuses a lot of anger and angst. It makes your body and soul feel better.
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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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Confidence means non-paralysis, a willingness to act, and act decisively, to start new things and cut failing ventures off.
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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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