TRUST, not technology, is the issue of the decade.
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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Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past.
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Integrity may be about little things as much or more than big ones.
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Success requires a persistent misreading of the odds.
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The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.
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Lists simplify, clarify, edify.
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Confidence means non-paralysis, a willingness to act, and act decisively, to start new things and cut failing ventures off.
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Oh Lord, there it is again. The question;” What kind of business should I start?” Incidentially, it has a twin that also sets me off: “What should I specialize in during the second year of my MBA studies?”
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Listen while you can, so that you can lead when you must.
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South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village – an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.
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Vision is dandy, but sustainable company excellence comes from a huge stable of able managers.
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Like it or not – and often we don’t – power is a pervasive phenomenon. From midnight decisions in the Oval Office that risk the lives of young Americans to quarrels over the kitchen table, power is part of every human equation.
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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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The world has not just “turned upside down”. It is turning in every which way at an accelerating pace.
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Dot the i’s, cross the t’s, answer the phones promptly, send out errorless invoices, and in general never forget that the devil is in the details.
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I think economics is about passion. Economic progress, whether it is a two-person coffee shop or whether it is Netscape, is about people with brave ideas. Because it is brave to mortgage the house, when you’ve got two kids, to start a coffee shop.
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