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1 " If you're not confused, you're not paying attention. "
― Tom Peters , Thriving on Chaos: Handbook for a Management Revolution
2 " Only those who constantly retool themselves stand a chance of staying employed in the years ahead. "
― Tom Peters
3 " The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity. "
4 " 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. "
5 " Branding is about everything. "
― Tom Peters , The Little Big Things: 163 Ways to Pursue EXCELLENCE
6 " Communication is everyone's panacea for everything. "
7 " Organizations exist to serve. Period. Leaders live to serve. Period. "
8 " Unless you walk out into the unknown, the odds of making a profound difference in your life are pretty low. "
9 " Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else. "
10 " There is no such thing as a minor lapse of integrity "
11 " 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. "
12 " Leaders trust their guts. "Intuition" is one of those good words that has gotten a bad rap. For some reason, intuition has become a "soft" notion. Garbage! Intuition is the new physics. It's an Einsteinian, seven-sense, practical way to make tough decisions. Bottom line, circa 2001 to 2010: The crazier the times are, the more important it is for leaders to develop and to trust their intuition. "
13 " Underpromise;overdeliver. "
14 " The little people will get even, which is one of a thousand reasons why they are not little people at all. If you're a jerk as a leader, you will be torpedoed. And usually it won't be by your vice presidents; it will be on the loading dock at 3am when no supervisors are around. "
15 " The “Excellence Standard” is not about Grand Outcomes. In Zenlike terms, all we have is today. If the day’s work cannot be assessed as Excellent, then the oceanic overall goal of Excellence has not been advanced. Period. "
16 " GIVE THE WORLD A CLEAR PICTURE OF WHO YOU ARE. "
― Tom Peters , The Brand You 50 (Reinventing Work): Fifty Ways to Transform Yourself from an "Employee" into a Brand That Shouts Distinction, Commitment, and Passion!
17 " If you are not confused then you are not paying attention. "
18 " If things seem under control, you’re just not going fast enough.” —Mario Andretti, race-car driver "
― Tom Peters , The Circle of Innovation: You Can't Shrink Your Way to Greatness
19 " Fail faster. Succeed sooner.” — David Kelley, founder IDEO "
20 " (Recuerde: Cuando se trata de innovación, el mayor Enemigo somos nosotros mismos y, aterrador-pero-cierto, ¡nuestros éxitos más preciados del pasado!). "
