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David Ogilvy contends that the greatest ad copywriters are marked by an insatiable curiosity ‘about every subject under the sun.’

Tom Peters

Organizations exist to serve. Period. Leaders live to serve. Period.
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Entrepreneur Leader Organization
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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Enemy Procrastination Thinking Worst
Entrepreneurs have no memories. They take on the world with a completely fresh view.
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Entrepreneur Memories Views
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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Essay Music Spoken Tempered
Excellence is not an aspiration. Excellence is what you do in the next five minutes.
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Excellence Minutes Next
Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past.
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Change Learning Past
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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Book Digital Hard People Print
Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing… layout, processes, and procedures.
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Business Design Poor Process Quality
A completely free library is as rare as a truly free lunch.
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Free Library Lunch Rare
You can’t think your way out of a box; you’ve got to act.
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Boxes Thinking Way
I find digital content much easier and more rewarding to interact with on screen than printed on paper.
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Digital Easier Paper
Listen while you can, so that you can lead when you must.
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Deliver Formula Success
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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Leader Peter Principles
What gets measured gets done.
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Done Inspirational Customer Service Measurement
Formula for success: under promise and over deliver.
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Educational Inspirational Success
I think economics is about passion. Economic progress, whether it is a two-person coffee shop or whether it is Netscape, is about people with brave ideas. Because it is brave to mortgage the house, when you’ve got two kids, to start a coffee shop.
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Coffee Kids Passion

David Ogilvy contends that the greatest ad copywriters are marked by an insatiable curiosity ‘about every subject under the sun.’

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David Ogilvy contends that the greatest ad copywriters are marked by an insatiable curiosity ‘about every subject under the sun.’

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