Entrepreneurs have no memories. They take on the world with a completely fresh view.
TOM PETERSYour 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?
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…high end does not necessarily equal high price. It’s a matter of attitude.
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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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Gandhi and Mandela and Churchill and JFK and Reagan and Thatcher and Sarkozy and Franklin and Washington set the tone to an incredible degree-their “personal style” was their “brand.” (“It” starts with personal style of the tip-top leadership team.
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The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.
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Rewards should go to teams as a whole.
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Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past.
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Portability of lots of information should not be underestimated.
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You are your projects!
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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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You are who you go to lunch with! Break bread with cool and you will become more cool. Conversely: break bread with dull and well, you can figure it out.
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TRUST, not technology, is the issue of the decade.
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Hire disrespectful people.
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Community. A friend started a real estate brokerage a few years ago. By the time she’d added her second employee, she was a pillar of her 35,000-person community.
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What you decide not to do is probably more important that what you decide to do.
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Leaders trust their guts. “Intuition” is one of those good words that has gotten a bad rap. For some reason, intuition has become a “soft” notion.
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