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The whole secret to our success is being able to con ourselves into believing that we’re going to change the world because statistically we are unlikely to do it.

Tom Peters

If the person you delegated to does the job twice as well as you would have done it, consider yourself a leader.
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Consider Deligated Jobs Leader
Accept change as a friend. And don’t take yourself too seriously.
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Accepting Change
What gets measured gets done.
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Done Inspirational Customer Service Measurement
Knowing when to take your losses is an essential part of eventual success.
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Essentials Knowing Loss
The common wisdom is that … managers have to learn to motivate people. Nonsense. Employees bring their own motivation.
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Common Motivation People
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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Abet Availability Information
I find digital content much easier and more rewarding to interact with on screen than printed on paper.
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Digital Easier Paper
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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Digital Library Usage Widerspread
If no one is pissed-off with you then you are dead but just haven’t figured it out yet.
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Knowledge Learning Off Pissed
Even a poor, out-of-datecollection reflects in its own way the values of the people who created it and the community it serves.
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Community People Way
For me, reading is reading.
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Good Knowledge Learn Read Reading
The dominant culture in most big companies demands punishment for a mistake, no matter how useful, small, invisible.
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Culture Mistake Punishment
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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Concept Exhilarating Mistake Occasionally Passion Peace
Leaders win through logistics. Vision, sure. Strategy, yes. But when you go to war, you need to have both toilet paper and bullets at the right place at the right time. In other words, you must win through superior logistics.
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Leader Right Timer Version War Winning
Portability of lots of information should not be underestimated.
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Information Portability Should
Appreciation, applause, approval, respect – we all love it!
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Applause Appreciation Approval

The whole secret to our success is being able to con ourselves into believing that we’re going to change the world because statistically we are unlikely to do it.

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