The difference between great and average is, mostly, having the imagination and zeal to re-create yourself daily.
TOM PETERSWho 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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Formula for success: under promise and over deliver.
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What you decide not to do is probably more important that what you decide to do.
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But there’s no substitute for getting smarter faster. And the way you get smarter is to screw around vigorously. Try stuff. See what works. See what fails miserably. Learn. Rinse. Repeat.
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Bold botches are to be cherished.
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I believe in the age of the Internet, Facebook and Twitter, that relationships are everything.
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Rewards should go to teams as a whole.
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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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The principal reason, invariably, most “successful” giant companies rather quickly become also-rans, or just amorphous blobs on the competitive landscape, is their failure to re-tool in anything like a fundamental way. In fact,
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Lists simplify, clarify, edify.
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Knowing when to take your losses is an essential part of eventual success.
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What gets measured gets done.
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I still read quite a few printed books, but if something is available in digital format I do not print it before I read it.
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Learning is a matter of intensity not elapsed time.
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A passive approach to professional growth will leave you by the wayside.
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Be guided by the axiom: There are no limits to the ability to contribute on the part of a properly selected, well-trained, appropriately supported, and, above all, committed person.
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