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Tom Peters
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: November 7
Businessperson
Economist
Writer
Baltimore
Maryland
Edify
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There are few things that will take you further in life, than your ability to make a good presentation.
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Quite simply, no matter how hard you try, no matter how open you are, you'll end up surrounded by yes people. It's hard not to believe people who are repeating your own ideas. Resist the temptation.
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You can't live life without an eraser.
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Excellence is not an aspiration. Excellence is what you do in the next five minutes.
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The race will go to the curious, the slightly mad, and those with an un-satiated passion for learning and dare-deviltry.
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I don't know what it means to manage the human imagination, but I do know that imagination is the main source of value in the new economy. And I know we'd better figure out the answer to my question-quick.
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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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What you decide not to do is probably more important that what you decide to do.
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As far as I'm concerned, the first business leader who was able to establish a cult of personality around his tenure was Lee Iacocca.
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If I read a book that cost me $20 and I get one good idea, I've gotten one of the greatest bargains of all time.
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A little (or more) boat burning would do many enterprises a world of good.
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Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune.
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Quality involves living the message of the possibility of perfection and infinite improvement, living it day in and day out, decade by decade.
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Portability of lots of information should not be underestimated.
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Good managers have a bias for action.
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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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Effective listening is a professional achievement-achieved only through hard work.
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The winners stun us not by their cleverness, but by the fact that every tiny aspect of the business is just a touch better than the norm.
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But there's no substitute for getting smarter faster. And the way you get smarter is to screw around vigorously. Try stuff. See what works. See what fails miserably. Learn. Rinse. Repeat.
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The company's most urgent task is to learn to welcome, beg for, demand - innovation from everyone.
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