Tom Peters
Tom Peters
Thomas J. "Tom" Petersis an American writer on business management practices, best known for In Search of Excellence...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth7 November 1942
CountryUnited States of America
life-is-too-short wow projects
Life is too short for non-WOW projects.
lists simplify
Lists simplify, clarify, edify.
lovely pay tribute
One simply cannot pay tribute to Stephen Covey without saying at the outset that he was a lovely human being.
procrastination thinking worst-enemy
Momentum is a fragile force. Its worst enemy: procrastination. Its best friend: a deadline (think Election Day). Implication no. 1 (and there is no no. 2): Get to work! NOW!
people path periods
When you choose a managerial path, you are choosing to devote your life to people. Period.
powerful want halos
As a consumer, you want to associate with brands whose powerful presence creates a halo effect that rubs off on you.
silly intelligent done
If silly things were not done, intelligent things would never happen.
lying priorities care
Your calendar never lies. All we have is our time. The way we spend our time is our priorities, is our strategy. Your calendar knows what you really care about. Do you?
hard-work effective-listening achievement
Effective listening is a professional achievement-achieved only through hard work.
excellence vision able
Vision is dandy, but sustainable company excellence comes from a huge stable of able managers.
believe secret world
The whole secret to our success is being able to con ourselves into believing that we're going to change the world because statistically we are unlikely to do it.
passion ideas people
Business is about people. It's about passion. It's about bold ideas, bold small ideas or bold large ideas.
excellence screw-ups mark
Screw-ups are the mark of excellence.
real creativity careers
To grasp organizational life as it is, read novels (!) .... It is my fervent belief that we will never design rational processes that "overcome" such irregularities-don't bother telling that to a consultant. Hence, we should embrace the real, nonrational, nonlinear world with vigor and glee-and develop enterprise and career strategies accordingly.