To meet the demands of the fast-changing competitive scene, we must simply learn to love change as much as we have hated it in the past.
TOM PETERSForget loyalty. Or at least loyalty to one’s corporation. Try loyalty to your Rolodex-your network-instead.
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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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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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What you decide not to do is probably more important that what you decide to do.
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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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Quite simply, no matter how hard you try, no matter how “open” you are, you’ll end up surrounded by “yes people.” It’s hard not to believe people who are repeating your own ideas. Resist the temptation.
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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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You are your projects!
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Your calendar never lies. All we have is our time. The way we spend our time is our priorities, is our strategy. Your calendar knows what you really care about. Do you?
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The top athletes are consummate pros who work obsessively at their craft. Approach yours the same way.
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Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.
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I find digital content much easier and more rewarding to interact with on screen than printed on paper.
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Mistakes are life. Mistakes are not to be tolerated…they are to be encouraged. The bigger the better.
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A completely free library is as rare as a truly free lunch.
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One simply cannot pay tribute to Stephen Covey without saying at the outset that he was a lovely human being.
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Leaders understand the ultimate power of relationships.
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