Your calendar never lies. All we have is our time. The way we spend our time is our priorities, is our strategy. Your calendar knows what you really care about. Do you?
TOM PETERSUltimately, I think that the growth and sustainability of the e-book movement depends on authors and end-users (readers).
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Appreciation, applause, approval, respect – we all love it!
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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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Customers perceive service in their own unique, idiosyncratic, emotional, irrational, end-of-the-day, and totally human terms. Perception is all there is!
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You are your projects!
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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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…high end does not necessarily equal high price. It’s a matter of attitude.
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Mastery is great, but even that is not enough. You have to be able to change course without a bead of sweat, or remorse.
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The good news – and it is largely good news – is that everyone has a chance to stand out. Everyone has a chance to learn, improve, and build up their skills. Everyone has a chance to be a brand worthy of remark
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Execution Excellence! (Show up on time! Leave last!)
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If no one is pissed-off with you then you are dead but just haven’t figured it out yet.
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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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I don’t want the 35-year-olds in my audience to think of me as as ‘pops’ giving the kind of advice that only 65-year-olds can understand.
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Don’t let the vision be shot through with holes, but be damn sure some of your best and brightest are shooting at it — with bazookas as well as sniper’s rifles.
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Leaders understand the ultimate power of relationships.
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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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