If no one is pissed-off with you then you are dead but just haven’t figured it out yet.
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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Now that I have adopted into my own daily life a device that makes music and spoken-word files easy to access from anywhere, I have tempered my skepticism.
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One simply cannot pay tribute to Stephen Covey without saying at the outset that he was a lovely human being.
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Rewards should go to teams as a whole.
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You can’t think your way out of a box; you’ve got to act.
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Leaders win through logistics. Vision, sure. Strategy, yes. But when you go to war, you need to have both toilet paper and bullets at the right place at the right time. In other words, you must win through superior logistics.
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Leaders understand the ultimate power of relationships.
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And remember: Everything in business is a paradox. To be excellent, you have to be consistent. When you’re consistent, you’re vulnerable to attack. Yes, it’s a paradox. Now deal with it!
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Vision is dandy, but sustainable company excellence comes from a huge stable of able managers.
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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 delivery and presentation media are important, and each format has its advantages and disadvantages, but ultimately I just want to read what I want to read, when and where I want.
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I don’t want the 35-year-olds in my audience to think of me as as ‘pops’ giving the kind of advice that only 65-year-olds can understand.
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If a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shade.
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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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Accept change as a friend. And don’t take yourself too seriously.
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The whole secret to our success is being able to con ourselves into believing that we’re going to change the world because statistically we are unlikely to do it.
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