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You can't think your way out of a box you've got to act.

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Tom Peters
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: November 7
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It doesn't matter what product or service you're offering there is unlimited ability to improve the quality of anything.
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You are who you go to lunch with! Break bread with cool and you will become more cool. Conversely: break bread with dull and well, you can figure it out.
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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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Hire attitude train skills.
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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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Take someone NEW AND WEIRD to lunch today
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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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