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“Do not even flippantly badmouth anybody this week. Button it up.”

November 2, 2010.
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“Lists simplify, clarify, edify.”

Source: The Project 50 (Re-Inventing Work Series) (1999), p. 164.

“The … moral responsibility … of every leader is staggering—an opportunity to be of service to (literally) civilization. Or not.”

May 2, 2016
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“Life is too short for non-WOW projects.”

Source: The Project 50 (Re-Inventing Work Series) (1999), p. 97.

“If you want to achieve Excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less than Excellent work. The first 99.9% of getting from here to there is the determination to do it and not to compromise, no matter what set of road blocks those around you erect.”

November 11, 2013.
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“R&D/good times and bad times. R&D may have to take its lumps in tough times … But beware of cutting too much muscle.”

08 January 2018
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“If not excellence, what? If not excellence now, when?”

Source: The Little Big Things: 163 Ways To Pursue Excellence (2010), p. 9.

“in it with me for the long haul”

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“Success is about executing what you are doing today with unquestionable, breathtaking excellence.”

13 February 2017
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“The most important personal ‘core competence’ by far is a rich set of relationships.”

March 16, 2015.
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“The Peters Principles: Enthusiasm. Emotion. Excellence. Energy. Excitement. Service. Growth. Creativity. Imagination. Vitality. Joy. Surprise. Independence. Spirit. Community. Limitless human potential. Diversity. Profit. Innovation. Design. Quality. Entrepreneurialism. Wow.”

November 21, 2011.
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“Ask! Interviewing/information extraction is an (exceptionally important) ‘art’ that must be mastered!”

06 February 2017
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“Training in listening, in statistical techniques and problem cause-and-effect analysis, in group problem solving, in sophisticated financial analysis (for everyone)—and then constant retraining, for upgrading and learning new skills—simply must become the norm, for realtor, banker, or high-tech wizard.”

March 14, 2016
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“Make the collective, professional pursuit of listening skills per se a keystone of corporate 'culture.”

January 12, 2015.
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“Have fun/Make it fun. … All human endeavor is about emotion. Zest, joy, pride—and fun—are near the heart of any successful enterprise.”

December 23, 2013.
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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.”

Tom Peters book In Search of Excellence

Source: In Search of Excellence (1982), p. 82 as cited in: Amir Levy, Uri Merry (1986) Organizational Transformation: Approaches Strategies, and Theories. p. 52.

“Design, writ large, is increasingly the route to product or service differentiation.”

15 January 2018
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“Without exception, the dominance and coherence of culture proved to be an essential quality of the excellent companies.”

Tom Peters book In Search of Excellence

Source: In Search of Excellence (1982), p. 75.

“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.”

Tom Peters in: " The Best Corporate Strategy? None, Of Course http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-07-11/business/9407110026_1_silicon-graphics-customers-richard-branson." Chicago Tribune, July 11, 1994.

“Reward excellent failures. Punish mediocre successes.”

Source: The Little Big Things: 163 Ways To Pursue Excellence (2010), p. 53.