If the person you delegated to does the job twice as well as you would have done it, consider yourself a leader.
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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If a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shade.
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Without exception, the dominance and coherence of culture proved to be an essential quality of the excellent companies.
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The dominant culture in most big companies demands punishment for a mistake, no matter how useful, small, invisible.
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Smile if it kills you. The physiology of smiling diffuses a lot of anger and angst. It makes your body and soul feel better.
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Formula for success: under promise and over deliver.
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Swipe from the best, then adapt.
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If future competitiveness depends on treating people as an important part of the institution, the least respectful thing I can imagine doing to a human being is asking him to urinate in a cup.
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The thing that keeps a business ahead of the competition is excellence in execution.
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What gets measured gets done.
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Success requires a persistent misreading of the odds.
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It doesn’t matter what product or service you’re offering; there is unlimited ability to improve the quality of anything.
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As a consumer, you want to associate with brands whose powerful presence creates a halo effect that rubs off on you.
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Entrepreneurs have no memories. They take on the world with a completely fresh view.
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Don’t let the vision be shot through with holes, but be damn sure some of your best and brightest are shooting at it — with bazookas as well as sniper’s rifles.
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Community. A friend started a real estate brokerage a few years ago. By the time she’d added her second employee, she was a pillar of her 35,000-person community.
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