I 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 PETERSDivas do it, golfers do it, pilots do it, violists do it, sprinters do it, soldiers do it, surgeons do it, astronauts do it…only business people think it isn’t necessary to train.
More Tom Peters Quotes
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Knowing when to take your losses is an essential part of eventual success.
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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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The worse things get, typically, the more they dig in their heels and defend yesterday’s turf.
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Excellent firms don’t believe in excellence – only in constant improvement and constant change.
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The difference between great and average is, mostly, having the imagination and zeal to re-create yourself daily.
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I believe in the age of the Internet, Facebook and Twitter, that relationships are everything.
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The world has not just “turned upside down”. It is turning in every which way at an accelerating pace.
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The best leaders are the best notetakers, best askers, and best learners.
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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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Execution Excellence! (Show up on time! Leave last!)
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Success requires a persistent misreading of the odds.
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Portability of lots of information should not be underestimated.
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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.
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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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You can only improve what you measure.
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