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Tom Peters

I’m fundamentally not interested in the Fortune 500 companies – in US, Mexico, anywhere. The real backbones of economic growth are small and medium businesses.
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Business Country Growth Real
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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Careers Leadership Two
Ultimately, I think that the growth and sustainability of the e-book movement depends on authors and end-users (readers).
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Book Growth Thinking
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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Individual Levels Mean Military War
Lists simplify, clarify, edify.
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Edify Lists Simplify
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.
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Believe Friends Ideas
The best leaders are the best notetakers, best askers, and best learners.
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Best Leader Leader Learners
Execution Excellence! (Show up on time! Leave last!)
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Entrepreneur Excellence Lasts
Today brands are everything, and all kinds of products and services – from accounting firms to sneaker makers to restaurants – are figuring out how to transcend the narrow boundaries of their categories and become a brand surrounded by a Tommy Hilfiger-like buzz.
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Buzz Figure Sneakers Today Transcend
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
All white-collar work is project work. The single salient fact that touches all of our lives is that work is being reinvented.
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Facts Life Reinvented White
What gets measured gets done.
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Done Inspirational Customer Service Measurement
The day firing becomes easy is the day to fire yourself.
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Easy Fire Wisdom Yourself
Entrepreneurs have no memories. They take on the world with a completely fresh view.
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Entrepreneur Memories Views
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
…high end does not necessarily equal high price. It’s a matter of attitude.
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Attitide Attitude Matter

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