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Tom Peters
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: November 7
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I'm fundamentally not interested in the Fortune 500 companies - in US, Mexico, anywhere. The real backbones of economic growth are small and medium businesses.
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They say plan it. I say do it.
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To grasp organizational life as it is, read novels (!) .... It is my fervent belief that we will never design rational processes that overcome such irregularities-don't bother telling that to a consultant. Hence, we should embrace the real, nonrational, nonlinear world with vigor and glee-and develop enterprise and career strategies accordingl
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Swipe from the best, then adapt.
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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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To meet the demands of the fast-changing competitive scene, we must simply learn to love change as much as we have hated it in the past.
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He who makes the quickest, coolest prototypes reigns!
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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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Leaders do stuff that matters.
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If not excellence, what? If not excellence now, when?
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Dot the i's, cross the t's, answer the phones promptly, send out errorless invoices, and in general never forget that the devil is in the details.
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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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The whole secret to our success is being able to con ourselves into believing that we're going to change the world because statistically we are unlikely to do it.
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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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Creating in all employees the awareness that their best efforts are essential and that they will share in the rewards of the company's success.
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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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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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As a consumer, you want to associate with brands whose powerful presence creates a halo effect that rubs off on you.
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Vision is dandy, but sustainable company excellence comes from a huge stable of able managers.
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A little (or more) boat burning would do many enterprises a world of good.
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