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Tom Peters

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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Business Incidentally Sorry Specialization Years
Entrepreneurs have no memories. They take on the world with a completely fresh view.
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Entrepreneur Memories Views
Leaders understand the ultimate power of relationships.
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Inspirational Leader Ultimate
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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Builds Chance Everyone News Skills
A vibrant, rich, growing corpus of public-domain books is a vital public good – similar to parks, the infrastructure of basic services, and other hallmarks of any advanced society.
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Book Growing Hallmark Parks
Listen to Everyone. Ideas come from everywhere
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Everyone Everywhere Ideas Listen
How do you achieve excellence?…Stop doing non-excellent stuff!
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Achieve Excellence Stuff
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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Demand Elements Important
Learning is a matter of intensity not elapsed time.
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Learning Matter Teaching
Public Speaking is a skill that can be studied, polished, perfected. Not only can you get good at it, you can get damn good at it and it makes a heck of a difference.
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Differences Public Speaking Skills
The dominant culture in most big companies demands punishment for a mistake, no matter how useful, small, invisible.
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Culture Mistake Punishment
Make an extensive table of project ‘deliverables’. Label one column ‘as requested’. Create another column labeled ‘could be’. Make each ‘could be’ wild and woolly!
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Column Impact Labels Make Tables
Become a “learning organization”. Shuck your arrogance – “if it isn’t our idea, it can’t be that good” – and become a determined copycat/ adapter/ enhancer.
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Arrogance Ideas Organization
Hire disrespectful people.
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Disrespectful People Work
TRUST, not technology, is the issue of the decade.
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Decades Issues Technology
Celebrate what you want to see more of.
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Inspirational Life Motivational

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