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Excellence is not an aspiration. Excellence is what you do in the next five minutes.

Tom Peters

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Tom Peters
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: November 7
Businessperson
Economist
Writer
Baltimore
Maryland
Excellence
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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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It's this simple: You are a brand. You are in charge of your brand. There is no single path to success. And there is no one right way to create the brand called You. Except this: Start today. Or else.
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There is no such thing as an insignificant improvement.
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Digital content and electronic networks have changed the basic environmental conditionsin which documents are created, distributed, and used.
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The drive for control, or the perception thereof, is truly the strongest force in human nature.
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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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Every managerial act must be seen as an unequivocal support for urgency in pursuit of constant testing, change, and improvement.
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OPPORTUNITY is not knocking. It is pounding on your door.
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Confidence means non-paralysis, a willingness to act, and act decisively, to start new things and cut failing ventures off.
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With most competitors moving ever faster, the race will go to those who listen (and respond) most intently.
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One potential long-term problem with many current digital libraries is that they grew out of and aresupported by bricks-and-mortar libraries. Although there is nothing inherently wrong with that arrangement, inreality it creates a potentially dangerous situation that I call the other digital divide.
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OLD: Be No.1 or No.2 in Your Market. NEW: Find a Niche, Create Something New.
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He who makes the quickest, coolest prototypes reigns!
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I am my clients. I am defined by who I do business with.
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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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Had Twitter been invented earlier, my books would have been shorter.
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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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There are few things that will take you further in life, than your ability to make a good presentation.
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A while back, I came across a line attributed to IBM founder Thomas Watson. If you want to achieve excellence, he said, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.
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Celebrate what you want to see more of.
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