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There are few things that will take you further in life, than your ability to make a good presentation.

Tom Peters

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Tom Peters
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: November 7
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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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Remember: You are the only human being in the world who can help this particular customer at this particular moment in time.
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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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We are all Michaelangelos.
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Be guided by the axiom: There are no limits to the ability to contribute on the part of a properly selected, well-trained, appropriately supported, and, above all, committed person.
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Every collection reflects the ideas andvalues and interests of the individual or group who developed the collection.
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There is no such thing as an insignificant improvement.
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Customers perceive service in their own unique, idiosyncratic, emotional, irrational, end-of-the-day, and totally human terms. Perception is all there is!
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If I read a book that cost me $20 and I get one good idea, I've gotten one of the greatest bargains of all time.
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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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The drive for control, or the perception thereof, is truly the strongest force in human nature.
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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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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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The principal reason, invariably, most successful giant companies rather quickly become also-rans, or just amorphous blobs on the competitive landscape, is their failure to re-tool in anything like a fundamental way. In fact, the worse things get, typically, the more they dig in their heels and defend yesterday's turf.
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