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.
TOM PETERSPublic 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.
TOM PETERSAll white-collar work is project work. The single salient fact that touches all of our lives is that work is being reinvented.
TOM PETERSThe 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.
TOM PETERSRewards should go to teams as a whole.
TOM PETERSA 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.
TOM PETERSWe often hear that the digital age has resulted in a devaluing of time, space, and place. But I wonder if theseclaims are exaggerated.
TOM PETERSSwipe from the best, then adapt.
TOM PETERSKnowing when to take your losses is an essential part of eventual success.
TOM PETERSConfidence means non-paralysis, a willingness to act, and act decisively, to start new things and cut failing ventures off.
TOM PETERSThe simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.
TOM PETERSI believe in the age of the Internet, Facebook and Twitter, that relationships are everything.
TOM PETERSQuite 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.
TOM PETERSI 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.
TOM PETERSA completely free library is as rare as a truly free lunch.
TOM PETERSWinners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past.
TOM PETERSFact is, the work place to a great extent is “where we live.” We need star accountants. Boffo saleswomen. Over-the-top creatives in marketing and new product development.
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