We’re going to see leadership emerge as the most important element of business – the attribute that is highest in demand and shortest in supply.
TOM PETERSI still read quite a few printed books, but if something is available in digital format I do not print it before I read it.
More Tom Peters Quotes
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Treat the customer as an appreciating asset.
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Some people have argued that listening to a work of literature does not really promote literacy in the same way that reading does.
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What have you done lately – this week – to make yourself stand out? What would your colleagues or your customers say is your greatest and clearest strength? Your most noteworthy (as in, worthy of note) personal trait?
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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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Portability of lots of information should not be underestimated.
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Forget loyalty. Or at least loyalty to one’s corporation. Try loyalty to your Rolodex-your network-instead.
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You can only improve what you measure.
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What gets measured gets done.
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The thing that keeps a business ahead of the competition is excellence in execution.
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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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If no one is pissed-off with you then you are dead but just haven’t figured it out yet.
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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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Ultimately, I think that the growth and sustainability of the e-book movement depends on authors and end-users (readers).
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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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He who makes the quickest, coolest prototypes reigns!
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