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I am my clients. I am defined by who I do business with.

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Tom Peters
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: November 7
Businessperson
Economist
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Transforming leadership, [is defined as] leadership that builds on man's need for meaning, leadership that creates institutional purpose ... he is the value-shaper, the exemplar, the maker of meanings ... he is the true artist, the true pathfinder.
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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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You can't think your way out of a box you've got to act.
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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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Send 10-TEN!!-people flowers. Today. As Thank yous for good things small-or even large-done in the last two weeks.
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We often hear that the digital age has resulted in a devaluing of time, space, and place. But I wonder if theseclaims are exaggerated.
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Companies have got to learn to eat change for breakfast.
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Creating in all employees the awareness that their best efforts are essential and that they will share in the rewards of the company's success.
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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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Musing on the phrase 'waste of time.' So much more complex than it appears. Many 'wastes of time' small talk, daydreaming are imperatives.
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Good managers have a bias for action.
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Design is so critical it should be on the agenda of every meeting in every single department.
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One size NEVER fits all. One size fits one. Period
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Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast.
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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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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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Execution Excellence! (Show up on time! Leave last!)
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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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The unthinkable is thinkable. No: likely.
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There is no such thing as an insignificant improvement.
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