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Thomas J. Peters (born November 7, 1942) is an American writer on business management practices, best known for In Search of Excellence (co-authored with Robert H. Waterman Jr).

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Public Speaking is a skill that can be studied, polished, perfected. Not only can you get good at it, you can get damn good at it and it makes a heck of a difference.

Difference, Differences, Polished, Public Speaking, Skills, Speaking

MP3 players and flash memory devices are good for data storage and playback of music and digital talking books, but they offer little or nothing in the way of visual presentation of information and communication.

Book, Communication, Data, Memories, Nothing

Many flagship state universities have wonderful digital libraries that are accessed by people around the world. In future, if not current, budget crises, trustees, board members, and administrators may wonder why these state institutions - with an articulated primary clientele of students, faculty, and staff members and a secondary clientele of all citizens of the state - should be spending resources on a digital library that is used by many people beyond the primary and secondary service populations.

Board, Crises, Library, People, State, World

Regardless of age, regardless of position, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us need to understand the importance of branding. We are CEOs of our own companies: Me, Inc. To be in business today, our most important job is to be head marketer for the brand called You.

Age, Business, Happen, Important, Job, Jobs

If you love your company and love what you do, you will serve your customers better-period!

Business, Customers, Love, Love You, Passion, Serve

If you're a leader, your whole reason for living is to help human beings develop - to really develop people and make work a place that's energetic and exciting and a growth opportunity, whether you're running a Housekeeping Department or Google. I mean, this is not rocket science.

Housekeeping, Make, Mean, Opportunity, People, Running

Leaders understand the ultimate power of relationships.

Inspirational, Leader, Leaders, Power, Ultimate

Digital content and electronic networks have changed the basic environmental conditionsin which documents are created, distributed, and used.

Conditionsin, Digital, Documents, Environmental, Networks, Used

Life is too short for non-WOW projects.

Life, Life Is Too Short, Projects, Short, Wow

How do you achieve excellence?. . . Stop doing non-excellent stuff!

Achieve, Excellence, Stop, Stuff

If timing ain't everything, it's damn close

Close, Damn, Ifs, Timing

Make an extensive table of project 'deliverables'. Label one column 'as requested'. Create another column labeled 'could be'. Make each 'could be' wild and woolly!

Column, Deliverables, Impact, Labels, Make, Tables

I don't want the 35-year-olds in my audience to think of me as as 'pops' giving the kind of advice that only 65-year-olds can understand.

Audience, Giving, Think, Thinking, Years

What you decide not to do is probably more important that what you decide to do.

Decide, Important, Probably

Musing on the phrase 'waste of time. ' So much more complex than it appears. Many 'wastes of time' small talk, daydreaming are imperatives.

Imperatives, Phrases, Time, Waste, Wasting Time

Organize as much as possible around teams, to achieve enhanced focus, task orientation, innovativeness, and individual commitment.

Commitment, Focus, Innovativeness, Team, Teams

The difference between great and average is, mostly, having the imagination and zeal to re-create yourself daily.

Average, Daily, Difference, Differences, Imagination, Mostly

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.

People, Leader, President, Supervisors, 3Am

With most competitors moving ever faster, the race will go to those who listen (and respond) most intently.

Faster, Intently, Moving, Race, Respond

Something mysterious happens to a curious, fully engaged mind - and it happens as often as not, subconsciously. Strange little sparks are set off, connections made, insights triggered

Connections, Fully, Littles, Mind, Strange

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