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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.

Tom Peters

Have you set high standards in the past that make it clear what level of performance you demand?
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High Levels Past Standards
With most competitors moving ever faster, the race will go to those who listen (and respond) most intently.
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Faster Moving Race
If the person you delegated to does the job twice as well as you would have done it, consider yourself a leader.
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Consider Deligated Jobs Leader
What you decide not to do is probably more important that what you decide to do.
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Decide Important Probably
Sorry, but those are two of the most profoundly upsetting questions anyone can ask – upsetting because the answer should be obvious: Do what turns you on, not what the statistics say is best.
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Answer Anyone Profoundly Sorry Statics Upsetting
If there is a single tragic flaw that mars our biggest enterprises, it is conservatism – the failure to fail, and fail big, in an era of unprecedented volatility and ambiguity.
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Ambiguity Era Flaws Mars Unprecedented Volatility
TRUST, not technology, is the issue of the decade.
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Decades Issues Technology
He who makes the quickest, coolest prototypes reigns!
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Prototype Reign Work
Forget loyalty. Or at least loyalty to one’s corporation. Try loyalty to your Rolodex-your network-instead.
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Corporations Loyalty Trying
Leadership is about tapping the wellsprings of human motivation – and about fundamental relations with one’s fellows.
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Fundamentals Leadership Motivation
Rewards should go to teams as a whole.
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Rewards Should Teamwork
The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.
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Business Educational Inspirational
Knowing when to take your losses is an essential part of eventual success.
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Essentials Knowing Loss
I think it’s wonderful to save the world, but you need to be part of the world, too.
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Needs Thinking World
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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Business Customer Genuine Kings Silly
Progress is mostly the product of rogues.
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Products Progress Rogues

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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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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