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One size NEVER fits all. One size fits one. Period

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Tom Peters
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: November 7
Businessperson
Economist
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Baltimore
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My half-baked reading of history is that we continue to go through these waves of entrepreneurial explosion followed by merger mania and consolidation. Out of that come big sluggish companies that eventually collapse under the weight of what they've created, and are killed off by the next wave of entrepreneurs.
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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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You have to stand out if you want to move up.
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He who makes the quickest, coolest prototypes reigns!
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People of all demographic categories and geographic regions will access a good digital library.
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I'm about as far from being a flag-waver - you won't find any American flag pins in my drawer - as someone can be.
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I believe in the age of the Internet, Facebook and Twitter, that relationships are everything.
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We found that the most exciting environments, that treated people very well, are also tough as nails. There is no bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo... excellent companies provide two things simultaneously: tough environments and very supportive environments.
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Design is so critical it should be on the agenda of every meeting in every single department.
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Hire for attitude. Train for skill... More
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Statistically and emotionally, I believe that the way I can be of help to society is by doing what I know and what I've been good at.
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We are all Michaelangelos.
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Have you thanked a front-line employee for carrying around a great attitude ... today?
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The unthinkable is thinkable. No: likely.
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Hire attitude train skills.
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Because nearly all digital libraries are tied to bricks-and-mortar institutions, the funding base tends to be quite localized.
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I am confident that for the foreseeable future (barring some catastrophic event affecting economic, energy, electrical, and communications systems), many subpopulations that use information intensively (e.g., students, academics, library patrons, white collar workers) will be using some sort of portal information appliance.
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The principal reason, invariably, most successful giant companies rather quickly become also-rans, or just amorphous blobs on the competitive landscape, is their failure to re-tool in anything like a fundamental way. In fact, the worse things get, typically, the more they dig in their heels and defend yesterday's turf.
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Reward excellent failures. Punish mediocre successes.
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I found myself declaiming, full flower, for an hour on the utmost importance and urgency of Blogging, telling him in no uncertain terms that, especially in a high-end niche business, Blogging is the premier way to have intimate conversations with his Clients. Funny thing, I believe it!
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