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Leaders’ careers will usually be determined by their handling of one or two critical events that no one could possibly anticipate or plan for.

Tom Peters

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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Decision Leader Rap
Appreciation, applause, approval, respect – we all love it!
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Applause Appreciation Approval
The principal reason, invariably, most “successful” giant companies rather quickly become also-rans, or just amorphous blobs on the competitive landscape, is their failure to re-tool in anything like a fundamental way. In fact,
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Anything Change Fact Successful Worse Yesterday
Accept change as a friend. And don’t take yourself too seriously.
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Accepting Change
Vision is dandy, but sustainable company excellence comes from a huge stable of able managers.
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Able Excellence Vision
We cannot innovate without opening the door to havoc.
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Doors Havoc Innovation
If no one is pissed-off with you then you are dead but just haven’t figured it out yet.
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Knowledge Learning Off Pissed
The top athletes are consummate pros who work obsessively at their craft. Approach yours the same way.
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Athlete Crafts Way
Swipe from the best, then adapt.
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Business Innovation Innovative
I think it’s wonderful to save the world, but you need to be part of the world, too.
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Needs Thinking World
Entrepreneurs have no memories. They take on the world with a completely fresh view.
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Entrepreneur Memories Views
The whole secret to our success is being able to con ourselves into believing that we’re going to change the world because statistically we are unlikely to do it.
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Believe Secret Statistically World
It may be primarily property taxes in the case of a public library, or state taxes and tuition in the case of an academic library at a public university, but the funding sources of most libraries continue to have a strong geographic component.
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Academic Library Strong Tuition
Make an extensive table of project ‘deliverables’. Label one column ‘as requested’. Create another column labeled ‘could be’. Make each ‘could be’ wild and woolly!
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Column Impact Labels Make Tables
Public Speaking is a skill that can be studied, polished, perfected. Not only can you get good at it, you can get damn good at it and it makes a heck of a difference.
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Differences Public Speaking Skills
Bold botches are to be cherished.
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Botches Cherished Country People

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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