Hire disrespectful people.
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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…high end does not necessarily equal high price. It’s a matter of attitude.
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Hire attitude train skills.
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I believe in the age of the Internet, Facebook and Twitter, that relationships are everything.
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Cost does not equal value… and low cost parts decrease brand equity for a very long time.
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Listen while you can, so that you can lead when you must.
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Garbage! Intuition is the new physics. It’s an Einsteinian, seven-sense, practical way to make tough decisions. Bottom line, circa 2001 to 2010: The crazier the times are, the more important it is for leaders to develop and to trust their intuition.
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Swipe from the best, then adapt.
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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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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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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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Excellent firms don’t believe in excellence – only in constant improvement and constant change.
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Be guided by the axiom: There are no limits to the ability to contribute on the part of a properly selected, well-trained, appropriately supported, and, above all, committed person.
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It doesn’t matter what product or service you’re offering; there is unlimited ability to improve the quality of anything.
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What have you done lately – this week – to make yourself stand out? What would your colleagues or your customers say is your greatest and clearest strength? Your most noteworthy (as in, worthy of note) personal trait?
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The worse things get, typically, the more they dig in their heels and defend yesterday’s turf.
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