Customers perceive service in their own unique, idiosyncratic, emotional, irrational, end-of-the-day, and totally human terms. Perception is all there is!
TOM PETERSBold botches are to be cherished.
More Tom Peters Quotes
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I think it’s wonderful to save the world, but you need to be part of the world, too.
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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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If you love your company and love what you do, you will serve your customers better-period!
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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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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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Accept change as a friend. And don’t take yourself too seriously.
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The day firing becomes easy is the day to fire yourself.
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Develop a respect and reverence for the principle of variation: the idea that the message ain’t in the mean, the mode or the median – it’s in the differences that occur throughout a population.
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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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Who comes first? Don’t be silly, says King Hal; it’s employees. That is – and this dear Watson, is elementary – if you genuinely want to put customers first, you must put employees more first.
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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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The delivery and presentation media are important, and each format has its advantages and disadvantages, but ultimately I just want to read what I want to read, when and where I want.
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And remember: Everything in business is a paradox. To be excellent, you have to be consistent. When you’re consistent, you’re vulnerable to attack. Yes, it’s a paradox. Now deal with it!
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I believe in the age of the Internet, Facebook and Twitter, that relationships are everything.
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The populations of most cities around the world continue to grow. The reasonspeople congregate in cities are various and complex, and the dawn of the digital age has not put much of adamper on the human urge to congregate.
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