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Tom Peters
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: November 7
Businessperson
Economist
Writer
Baltimore
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I think it's wonderful to save the world, but you need to be part of the world, too.
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If timing ain't everything, it's damn close
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The idea of intimately entwining with customers [to get ideas] is an idea whose time has come.
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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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You can't think your way out of a box you've got to act.
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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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Swipe from the best, then adapt.
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Public Speaking is a skill that can be studied, polished, perfected. Not only can you get good at it, you can get damn good at it and it makes a heck of a difference.
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Leadership is about tapping the wellsprings of human motivation - and about fundamental relations with one's fellows.
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One size NEVER fits all. One size fits one. Period
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Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past.
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People of all demographic categories and geographic regions will access a good digital library.
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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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I want the public as well as libraries and schools to enjoy unlimited access to public-domain books. This means no charges for these kind of texts themselves.
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The unthinkable is thinkable. No: likely.
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The common wisdom is that ... managers have to learn to motivate people. Nonsense. Employees bring their own motivation.
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The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. They don't think 'I'. They think 'we' they think 'team'.
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I find digital content much easier and more rewarding to interact with on screen than printed on paper.
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You have to stand out if you want to move up.
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Progress is mostly the product of rogues.
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