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You have to stand out if you want to move up.

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Tom Peters
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: November 7
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Formula for success: Underpromise and overachieve.
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They say plan it. I say do it.
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The greatest difficulty in the world is not for people to accept new ideas, but to make them forget old ideas.
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The dominant culture in most big companies demands punishment for a mistake, no matter how useful, small, invisible.
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When it comes to e-book playback devices and software, I have always thought that the emphasis on ergonomic concerns as a tipping point for the end-user population was misplaced.
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Perception is all there is. If the customer think he's right, he's right.
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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 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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