“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.” WellsPersonsAbilityLimitsCommittedSelectedAxioms Author:Tom Peters
“You are who you go to lunch with! Break bread with cool and you will become more cool. Conversely: break bread with dull and well, you can figure it out.” WellsBusinessBreakFiguresBreadDullLunch Author:Tom Peters
“Don't let the vision be shot through with holes, but be damn sure some of your best and brightest are shooting at it -- with bazookas as well as sniper's rifles.” WellsVisionShotsHolesShootingDamnRiflesSnipersBazookas Author:Tom Peters
“The 10 or 12 artists I have known really well all my life are at least as competitive as professional athletes. They may express it in slightly different terms, but you look at the Jackson Pollocks et al., and they are as interested in wall space in the galleries as Joe Montana is in the percentage of completed passes. So the notion that symphonic conducting, or stage play, or pure art, is not a competitive business is real bullshit.” WellsLooksMayArtDifferentRealPlayArtistTermSpaceBusinessKnownStageWallPureArt IsNotionAthleteAlsBullshitPercentagesGalleryMontanaConductingProfessional AthleteStage PlayPollock Author:Tom Peters
“The Chinese are quite entrepreneurial. Remember when Lenovo bought IBM's PC division. It was said that China didn't need a brand name, China didn't need to buy Lenovo to get into the PC business, I remember reading a one-liner somewhere which struck me as quite possibly true, it said the one thing that the Chinese had not been able to copy or figure out was the way, in terms of systems, that Americans - it probably would be true for Europeans as well - that Americans install and live by their management systems, while China is still quite half-assed. Perhaps that is a true statement.” WayNeedsWellsSaidStillsWould BeAbleRememberReadingNamesTermHalfOne ThingFiguresManagementChinaStatementsBeing TrueBrandsChineseLive ByCopiesDivisionRemember WhenEntrepreneurialOne LinerIbmBrand NamesManagement Systems Author:Tom Peters
“There's nobody in the world that wouldn't change places with the Americans. The economy is phenomenally large, the entrepreneurial class is very alive and very well, the universities, despite budget problems, still turn out something like 90 percent of the refereed academic and technical articles in the world. There's a lot on everybody's agenda.” WorldWellsStillsProblemTurnsClassEconomyAlivePercentUniversityDespiteBudgetsAgendasArticlesAcademicEntrepreneurial Author:Tom Peters
“I want the public as well as libraries and schools to enjoy unlimited access to public-domain books. This means no charges for these kind of texts themselves.” WantWellsKindMeanBookSchoolEnjoyLibraryAccessUnlimitedDomainPublic Domain Author:Tom Peters
“Authors and publishers want fair compensation and a means of protecting content through digital rights management. Vendors and technology companies want new markets for e-book reading devices and other hardware. End-users most of all want a wide range and generous amount of high-quality content for free or at reasonable costs. Like end-users, libraries want quality, quantity, economy, and variety as well as flexible business models.” WantWellsMeanBookEndsReadingQualityCompanyTechnologyEconomyRightsAmountCostModelsFairsManagementLibraryWideVarietyRangeGenerousReasonableDigitalDevicesQuantityUsersPublishersFlexibleCompensationBook ReadingHigh QualityHardwareBusiness ModelsVendors Author:Tom Peters
“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.” PeopleWellsTwoFoundCompanyEnvironmentToughExcitingEnvironmentalTreatedExcellentTwo ThingsNailsSupportiveRebellious Author:Tom Peters
“Power lies in the details, and the tenacious pursuit of such hidden levers can pay off enormously. While you don't want to get a reputation as a prissy worrywart, worrying about the details in private is important. You may think you are the world's greatest speaker, but if the auditorium's sound system is singing static - well, forget it.” IfsThinkingWorldWantInspirationalWellsMayImportantLyingSoundForgetPayWorrySingingDetailsPursuitReputationSpeakersForget ItStaticTenaciousLeversAuditoriumsSound Systems Author:Tom Peters
“Community. A friend started a real estate brokerage a few years ago. By the time she'd added her second employee, she was a pillar of her 35,000-person community. No rule says that only the local banker or car dealer can organize the program to raise supplemental funds for the public library or send the high school band on a well-earned special trip. Participating in community affairs, with time more than dollars, is good business from day one. It gets your name around, adds to your distinctiveness, and, best of all, makes you an attractive employer (which is the key to sustained success).” YearsWellsPersonsRealSchoolNamesCommunityBusinessSpecialCarKeysBandHigh SchoolYears AgoProgramRaisesDollarsAddLibraryAffairLocalsAttractiveEmployeeFundEstatesOrganizeEmployersBankersPillarsDealerParticipatingPublic LibraryGood BusinessSchool BandCar DealerSustained Success Book:The Pursuit of Wow!: Every Person's Guide to Topsy-Turvy Times Source: The Pursuit of Wow!: Every Person's Guide to Topsy-Turvy Times
“If the person you delegated to does the job twice as well as you would have done it, consider yourself a leader.” IfsWellsPersonsDoeDoneJobsLeader Author:Tom Peters
“One reason (among many) that women may well take over the world of "virtual enterprises" is that they seem to have a greater instinct for networking. And the unfettered-by-machismo males who have taken to networking will do better than those who shun it as "sissy stuff." But truth is, it has always been the age of "networkers"; and in an era where organizations depend more and more on tenuously connected outsiders to get the job done, it will only become so.” WorldWellsMayReasonDoneSeemsAgeJobsStuffPowerTakenGreaterDependsTruth IsOrganizationInstinctMalesConnectedErasEnterpriseOutsidersNetworkingGet The Job DoneSissyMachismo Book:The Pursuit of Wow!: Every Person's Guide to Topsy-Turvy Times Source: The Pursuit of Wow!: Every Person's Guide to Topsy-Turvy Times
