black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village – an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.

Tom Peters

A vibrant, rich, growing corpus of public-domain books is a vital public good – similar to parks, the infrastructure of basic services, and other hallmarks of any advanced society.
TOM PETERS

Book Growing Hallmark Parks
A completely free library is as rare as a truly free lunch.
TOM PETERS

Free Library Lunch Rare
What gets measured gets done.
TOM PETERS

Done Inspirational Customer Service Measurement
And remember: Everything in business is a paradox. To be excellent, you have to be consistent. When you’re consistent, you’re vulnerable to attack. Yes, it’s a paradox. Now deal with it!
TOM PETERS

Business Remembers Everything Vulnerable
What you decide not to do is probably more important that what you decide to do.
TOM PETERS

Decide Important Probably
Listen while you can, so that you can lead when you must.
TOM PETERS

Deliver Formula Success
Have you set high standards in the past that make it clear what level of performance you demand?
TOM PETERS

High Levels Past Standards
Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.
TOM PETERS

Inspirational Inspiring Life
Something mysterious happens to a curious, fully engaged mind – and it happens as often as not, subconsciously. Strange little sparks are set off, connections made, insights triggered
TOM PETERS

Connections Littles Mind
I think it’s wonderful to save the world, but you need to be part of the world, too.
TOM PETERS

Needs Thinking World
With most competitors moving ever faster, the race will go to those who listen (and respond) most intently.
TOM PETERS

Faster Moving Race
The day firing becomes easy is the day to fire yourself.
TOM PETERS

Easy Fire Wisdom Yourself
Excellence is not an aspiration. Excellence is what you do in the next five minutes.
TOM PETERS

Excellence Minutes Next
Every managerial act must be seen as an unequivocal support for urgency in pursuit of constant testing, change, and improvement.
TOM PETERS

Improvement Pursuit Support
Accept change as a friend. And don’t take yourself too seriously.
TOM PETERS

Accepting Change
Who 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.
TOM PETERS

Business Customer Genuine Kings Silly

South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village – an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village – an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Tom Peters Quotes