The day firing becomes easy is the day to fire yourself.
TOM PETERS…high end does not necessarily equal high price. It’s a matter of attitude.
More Tom Peters Quotes
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Oh Lord, there it is again. The question;” What kind of business should I start?” Incidentially, it has a twin that also sets me off: “What should I specialize in during the second year of my MBA studies?”
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What is my personal strategy for the next 10 hours? Who can I talk with or what can I volunteer for to learn something new?
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Execution Excellence! (Show up on time! Leave last!)
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Entrepreneurs have no memories. They take on the world with a completely fresh view.
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Hire attitude train skills.
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The race will go to the curious, the slightly mad, and those with an un-satiated passion for learning and dare-deviltry.
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The number one premise of business is that it need not be boring or dull. It ought to be fun. If it’s not fun, you’re wasting your life.
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If a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shade.
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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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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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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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I don’t want the 35-year-olds in my audience to think of me as as ‘pops’ giving the kind of advice that only 65-year-olds can understand.
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All white-collar work is project work. The single salient fact that touches all of our lives is that work is being reinvented.
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Listen while you can, so that you can lead when you must.
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Leadership is about tapping the wellsprings of human motivation – and about fundamental relations with one’s fellows.
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