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Tom Peters
Age: 81
Born: 1942
Born: November 7
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...high end does not necessarily equal high price. It's a matter of attitude.
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The best kept secret in the global economy today is this: When your service is AWESOME you get so stinking rich you have to buy new bags to carry all the money home.
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Regardless of age, regardless of position, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us need to understand the importance of branding. We are CEOs of our own companies: Me, Inc. To be in business today, our most important job is to be head marketer for the brand called You.
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An era similar to the one in which the black rotary phone dominated its product category may not recur anytime soon.
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They say plan it. I say do it.
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Develop a respect and reverence for the principle of variation: the idea that the message ain't in the mean, the mode or the median - it's in the differences that occur throughout a population.
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The idea of intimately entwining with customers [to get ideas] is an idea whose time has come.
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Execution Excellence! (Show up on time! Leave last!)
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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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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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And remember: Everything in business is a paradox. To be excellent, you have to be consistent. When you're consistent, you're vulnerable to attack. Yes, it's a paradox. Now deal with it!
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Books were rare,expensive, time-consuming to create and copy, and difficult to transport. That is why collections ofprint-based books developed around centers of religious belief, learning, and wealth. It was cheaper andeasier for people to come to the collection than for the collection, or parts of the collection, to go to thepeople.
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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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I find digital content much easier and more rewarding to interact with on screen than printed on paper.
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Lists simplify, clarify, edify.
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If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you're nuts to stay there.
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