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We are all Michaelangelos.

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Tom Peters
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: November 7
Businessperson
Economist
Writer
Baltimore
Maryland
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I am my clients. I am defined by who I do business with.
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Customers perceive service in their own unique, idiosyncratic, emotional, irrational, end-of-the-day, and totally human terms. Perception is all there is!
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Think about the market, think about the design, and think about who is going to design for that market. Hit the mark.
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For me, reading is reading.
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When you choose a managerial path, you are choosing to devote your life to people. Period.
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The greatest difficulty in the world is not for people to accept new ideas, but to make them forget old ideas.
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He who makes the quickest, coolest prototypes reigns!
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Musing on the phrase 'waste of time.' So much more complex than it appears. Many 'wastes of time' small talk, daydreaming are imperatives.
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OPPORTUNITY is not knocking. It is pounding on your door.
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Portability of lots of information should not be underestimated.
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Stellar teams are invariably made up of quirky individuals who typically rub each other raw, but they figure out - with the spiritual help of a gifted leader - how to be their peculiar selves and how to win championships as a team...at the same time.
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I think economics is about passion. Economic progress, whether it is a two-person coffee shop or whether it is Netscape, is about people with brave ideas. Because it is brave to mortgage the house, when you've got two kids, to start a coffee shop.
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Stop being conned by the old mantra that says, 'Leaders are cool, managers are dweebs.' Instead, follow the Peters Principle: Leaders are cool. Managers are cool too!
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Remember: You are the only human being in the world who can help this particular customer at this particular moment in time.
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What gets measured gets done.
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Excellence is not an aspiration. Excellence is what you do in the next five minutes.
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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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I still read quite a few printed books, but if something is available in digital format I do not print it before I read it.
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If you're a leader, your whole reason for living is to help human beings develop - to really develop people and make work a place that's energetic and exciting and a growth opportunity, whether you're running a Housekeeping Department or Google. I mean, this is not rocket science.
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You can't think your way out of a box you've got to act.
Tom Peters