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Tom Peters
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: November 7
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When you choose a managerial path, you are choosing to devote your life to people. Period.
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The world has not just turned upside down. It is turning in every which way at an accelerating pace.
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Screw-ups are the mark of excellence.
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Leaders do stuff that matters.
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Who comes first? Don't be silly, says King Hal it's employees. That is - and this dear Watson, is elementary - if you genuinely want to put customers first, you must put employees more first.
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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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Power lies in the details, and the tenacious pursuit of such hidden levers can pay off enormously. While you don't want to get a reputation as a prissy worrywart, worrying about the details in private is important. You may think you are the world's greatest speaker, but if the auditorium's sound system is singing static - well, forget it.
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