The best leaders are the best notetakers, best askers, and best learners.
TOM PETERSSouth Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village – an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.
More Tom Peters Quotes
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Now that I have adopted into my own daily life a device that makes music and spoken-word files easy to access from anywhere, I have tempered my skepticism.
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Stop being conned by the old mantra that says, ‘Leaders are cool, managers are dweebs.’ Instead, follow the Peters Principle: Leaders are cool. Managers are cool too!
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Celebrate what you want to see more of.
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Excellent firms don’t believe in excellence – only in constant improvement and constant change.
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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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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?
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Effective listening is a professional achievement-achieved only through hard work.
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Learning is a matter of intensity not elapsed time.
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Entrepreneurs have no memories. They take on the world with a completely fresh view.
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We cannot innovate without opening the door to havoc.
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Mistakes are life. Mistakes are not to be tolerated…they are to be encouraged. The bigger the better.
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Excellence is not an aspiration. Excellence is what you do in the next five minutes.
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Momentum is a fragile force. Its worst enemy: procrastination. Its best friend: a deadline (think Election Day). Implication no. 1 (and there is no no. 2): Get to work! NOW!
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South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village – an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.
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We’re going to see leadership emerge as the most important element of business – the attribute that is highest in demand and shortest in supply.
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