A passive approach to professional growth will leave you by the wayside.
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.
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I’m fundamentally not interested in the Fortune 500 companies – in US, Mexico, anywhere. The real backbones of economic growth are small and medium businesses.
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Have you set high standards in the past that make it clear what level of performance you demand?
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Effective listening is a professional achievement-achieved only through hard work.
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Develop a respect and reverence for the principle of variation: the idea that the message ain’t in the mean, the mode or the median – it’s in the differences that occur throughout a population.
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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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If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you’re nuts to stay there.
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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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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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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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I think it’s wonderful to save the world, but you need to be part of the world, too.
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The dumbest mistake is viewing design as something you do at the end of the process to ‘tidy up’ the mess, as opposed to understanding it’s a ‘day one’ issue and part of everything.
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Entrepreneurs have no memories. They take on the world with a completely fresh view.
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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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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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Swipe from the best, then adapt.
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