If a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shade.
TOM PETERSDavid Ogilvy contends that the greatest ad copywriters are marked by an insatiable curiosity ‘about every subject under the sun.’
More Tom Peters Quotes
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Hire attitude train skills.
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Mastery is great, but even that is not enough. You have to be able to change course without a bead of sweat, or remorse.
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I used to be skeptical when educators and technologists predicted that we may be entering a new era of oral culture, in which audible information will be at least as important as visible information.
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The company’s most urgent task is to learn to welcome, beg for, demand – innovation from everyone.
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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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Dot the i’s, cross the t’s, answer the phones promptly, send out errorless invoices, and in general never forget that the devil is in the details.
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Fact is, the work place to a great extent is “where we live.” We need star accountants. Boffo saleswomen. Over-the-top creatives in marketing and new product development.
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For me, reading is reading.
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The best leaders are the best notetakers, best askers, and best learners.
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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.
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Forget loyalty. Or at least loyalty to one’s corporation. Try loyalty to your Rolodex-your network-instead.
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I find digital content much easier and more rewarding to interact with on screen than printed on paper.
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Portability of lots of information should not be underestimated.
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I still read quite a few printed books, but if something is available in digital format I do not print it before I read it.
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The good news – and it is largely good news – is that everyone has a chance to stand out. Everyone has a chance to learn, improve, and build up their skills. Everyone has a chance to be a brand worthy of remark
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