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16 Quotes by Tom Peters

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    If a window of opportunity appears, don’t pull down the shade.

    Tom Peters

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    If you’re not confused, you’re not paying attention.

    Tom Peters

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    Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past.

    Tom Peters

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    Communication is everyone’s panacea for everything.

    Tom Peters

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    Excellent firms don’t believe in excellence – only in constant improvement and constant change.

    Tom Peters

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    Celebrate what you want to see more of.

    Tom Peters

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    If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you’re nuts to stay there.

    Tom Peters

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    Leaders don’t create followers, they create more leaders.

    Tom Peters

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    Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast.

    Tom Peters

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    Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don’t get it, prune.

    Tom Peters

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    Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing… layout, processes, and procedures.

    Tom Peters

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    All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.

    Tom Peters

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    The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.

    Tom Peters

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    We found that the most exciting environments, that treated people very well, are also tough as nails. There is no bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo… excellent companies provide two things simultaneously: tough environments and very supportive environments.

    Tom Peters

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    South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village – an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.

    Tom Peters

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    Design is so critical it should be on the agenda of every meeting in every single department.

    Tom Peters