Even a poor, out-of-datecollection reflects in its own way the values of the people who created it and the community it serves.
TOM PETERSTRUST, not technology, is the issue of the decade.
More Tom Peters Quotes
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Execution Excellence! (Show up on time! Leave last!)
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The thing that keeps a business ahead of the competition is excellence in execution.
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If you love your company and love what you do, you will serve your customers better-period!
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You can only improve what you measure.
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Learning is a matter of intensity not elapsed time.
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For me, reading is reading.
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We often hear that the digital age has resulted in a devaluing of time, space, and place. But I wonder if theseclaims are exaggerated.
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Usage tends to be global, while funding tends tobe local. When we allow it to happen, usage of a digital library is remarkably diverse and widespread.
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The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.
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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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Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing… layout, processes, and procedures.
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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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Those who succeed always reach far beyond formal deputation, take initiatives, and take the heat when things go awry. That’s true in the military in times of war, true for 200 person manufacturing firms, and true at giant automakers or software companies.
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I think it’s wonderful to save the world, but you need to be part of the world, too.
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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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