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We often hear that the digital age has resulted in a devaluing of time, space, and place. But I wonder if theseclaims are exaggerated.

Tom Peters

Vision is dandy, but sustainable company excellence comes from a huge stable of able managers.
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Able Excellence Vision
The thing that keeps a business ahead of the competition is excellence in execution.
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Business Competition Excellence
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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Business Country Growth Real
Treat the customer as an appreciating asset.
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Appreciate Assets Business
The day firing becomes easy is the day to fire yourself.
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Easy Fire Wisdom Yourself
Leaders’ careers will usually be determined by their handling of one or two critical events that no one could possibly anticipate or plan for.
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Careers Leadership Two
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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Halos Powerful Want
Don’t ‘tolerate’ mistakes. Embrace them!
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Business Mistake Training
Listen to Everyone. Ideas come from everywhere
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Everyone Everywhere Ideas Listen
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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Devil Entrepreneur Phones
But there’s no substitute for getting smarter faster. And the way you get smarter is to screw around vigorously. Try stuff. See what works. See what fails miserably. Learn. Rinse. Repeat.
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Miserable Stuff Trying Way
Business ceases to be work when you’re chasing a dream that has engorged you. (“Work should be more fun than fun” – Noel Coward.) And if the passion isn’t there. then biotech and plumbing will be equal drags.
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Biotech Business Cease Dream Engorged
Excellence is not an aspiration. Excellence is what you do in the next five minutes.
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Excellence Minutes Next
What gets measured gets done.
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Done Inspirational Customer Service Measurement
Mistakes are life. Mistakes are not to be tolerated…they are to be encouraged. The bigger the better.
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Bigger Encouraged Mistake
Accept change as a friend. And don’t take yourself too seriously.
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Accepting Change

We often hear that the digital age has resulted in a devaluing of time, space, and place. But I wonder if theseclaims are exaggerated.

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