Quite simply, no matter how hard you try, no matter how “open” you are, you’ll end up surrounded by “yes people.” It’s hard not to believe people who are repeating your own ideas. Resist the temptation.
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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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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Ultimately, I think that the growth and sustainability of the e-book movement depends on authors and end-users (readers).
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Some people have argued that listening to a work of literature does not really promote literacy in the same way that reading does.
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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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The idea of intimately entwining with customers [to get ideas] is an idea whose time has come.
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Bold botches are to be cherished.
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Leaders understand the ultimate power of relationships.
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Vision is dandy, but sustainable company excellence comes from a huge stable of able managers.
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Without exception, the dominance and coherence of culture proved to be an essential quality of the excellent companies.
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We cannot innovate without opening the door to havoc.
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Authority never matches responsibility. That’s one of the great myths and delusions of all times. Winning managers and individual performers at all levels know that effectiveness means building your own network and creating your own authority.
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…high end does not necessarily equal high price. It’s a matter of attitude.
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What you decide not to do is probably more important that what you decide to do.
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Formula for success: under promise and over deliver.
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One simply cannot pay tribute to Stephen Covey without saying at the outset that he was a lovely human being.
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