Don’t settle for less than is possible. Tom Peters View this quote
Bold botches are to be cherished. Tom Peters
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Business book writing for me is when some set of ideas gets stuck in my mind, I write a book about it. I haven’t got a theory and I haven’t got a framework. Tom Peters
But there’s no substitute for getting smarter faster. And the way you get smarter is to screw around vigorously. Try stuff. See what works. See what fails miserably. Learn. Rinse. Repeat. Tom Peters
Collections of books and other documents, either printed or electronic, are a form of congregation. Tom Peters
Confidence means non-paralysis, a willingness to act, and act decisively, to start new things and cut failing ventures off. Tom Peters
Develop a respect and reverence for the principle of variation: the idea that the message ain’t in the mean, the mode or the median – it’s in the differences that occur throughout a population. Tom Peters
Every managerial act must be seen as an unequivocal support for urgency in pursuit of constant testing, change, and improvement. Tom Peters
He who makes the quickest, coolest prototypes reigns! Tom Peters
How do you achieve excellence?…Stop doing non-excellent stuff! Tom Peters
I don’t know what it means to manage the human imagination, but I do know that imagination is the main source of value in the new economy. And I know we’d better figure out the answer to my question-quick. Tom Peters
American writer on business management practices
November 7th, 1942
