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
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Remember: You are the only human being in the world who can help this particular customer at this particular moment in time.
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And remember: Everything in business is a paradox. To be excellent, you have to be consistent. When you're consistent, you're vulnerable to attack. Yes, it's a paradox. Now deal with it!
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Remember my mantra: distinct... or extinct.
Now that we have this opportunity, we need to get with the program. (We've) no idea how long it will last,
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One of the biggest problems of 'In Search of Excellence' is that it focused on giant, publicly-traded companies. There are thousands upon thousands of excellent companies. Some of them are two-person accountancies in a community of three thousand people.
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'In Search of Excellence' was an afterthought, the runt of the McKinsey consulting litter, a hip-pocket project that was never supposed to amount to much.
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My problem is not that I see all 17 sides of any issue, but I'm equally passionate about all 17 sides simultaneously.
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I had no idea what I was doing when I wrote 'Search.' There was no carefully designed work plan. There was no theory that I was out to prove.
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Appreciation, applause, approval, respect - we all love it!
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The top athletes are consummate pros who work obsessively at their craft. Approach yours the same way.
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We'll be paying the same amount of money for tickets,
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My charge to the design team was for them to do the meanest, scrappiest, street-fighting dog they could sketch.
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I know it sounds crazy, but you've got to let what you're going to do find you, rather than you pursuing it.
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Mittelstand companies are incredibly focused and almost always family-run. The young men and women go through the apprenticeship system and learn that the goal is excellence.