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Tom Peters Inspirational Quotes (185)

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If silly things were not done, intelligent things would never happen.
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For me, reading is reading.
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Confidence means non-paralysis, a willingness to act, and act decisively, to start new things and cut failing ventures off.
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I would not be surprised to see interesting new forms of expression and literary genres develop as the e-book movement matures.
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The selfish leader will attempt to lead others for their own gain and for the detriment of others.
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Every managerial act must be seen as an unequivocal support for urgency in pursuit of constant testing, change, and improvement.
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Screw-ups are the mark of excellence.
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Business is about people. It's about passion. It's about bold ideas, bold small ideas or bold large ideas.
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Your calendar never lies. All we have is our time. The way we spend our time is our priorities, is our strategy. Your calendar knows what you really care about. Do you?
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One potential long-term problem with many current digital libraries is that they grew out of and aresupported by bricks-and-mortar libraries. Although there is nothing inherently wrong with that arrangement, inreality it creates a potentially dangerous situation that I call the other digital divide.
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Divas 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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The company's most urgent task is to learn to welcome, beg for, demand - innovation from everyone.
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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 the other guy is getting better, then you'd better be getting better faster than the other guy is getting better... or you're getting worse.
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Execution Excellence! (Show up on time! Leave last!)
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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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Now it is much faster and cheaper to bring thedocument to the user, rather than ask the user to come to the document or collection.
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Lavish credit on anyone and everyone who helped you the least bit.
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Swipe from the best, then adapt.
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Power lies in the details, and the tenacious pursuit of such hidden levers can pay off enormously. While you don't want to get a reputation as a prissy worrywart, worrying about the details in private is important. You may think you are the world's greatest speaker, but if the auditorium's sound system is singing static - well, forget it.
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What gets measured gets done.
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MP3 players and flash memory devices are good for data storage and playback of music and digital talking books, but they offer little or nothing in the way of visual presentation of information and communication.
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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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Some people have argued that listening to a work of literature does not really promote literacy in the same way that reading does. Having tried this for several months, however, I can report from the trenches that, for me, immersive listening is as intellectually challenging, stimulating, and rewarding as immersive reading.
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