When you choose a managerial path, you are choosing to devote your life to people. Period. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
People of all demographic categories and geographic regions will access a good digital library. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
I don't want an epitaph on my gravestone that says, 'He would have pursued some big dreams in his life, but other… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Quite simply, no matter how hard you try, no matter how "open" you are, you'll end up surrounded by "yes people." It's… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
The greatest difficulty in the world is not for people to accept new ideas, but to make them forget old ideas. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Send 10-TEN!!-people flowers. Today. As "Thank yous" for good things "small"-or even large-done in the last two weeks. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Even a poor, out-of-datecollection reflects in its own way the values of the people who created it and the community it serves. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Divas do it, golfers do it, pilots do it, violists do it, sprinters do it, soldiers do it, surgeons do it, astronauts… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Nearly 100% of innovation-from business to politics-is inspired not by "market analysis" but by people who are supremely pissed off by the… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Business isn't some disembodied bloodless enterprise. Profit is fine - a sign that the customer honors the value of what we do.… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Anybody who is an entrepreneur is a person who essentially has impaired judgment. The odds of success are zilch. This valley is… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
I endorse a lot of people - sometimes people say I endorse too many books. And my response has always been the… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
I think economics is about passion. Economic progress, whether it is a two-person coffee shop or whether it is Netscape, is about… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
One of the biggest problems of 'In Search of Excellence' is that it focused on giant, publicly-traded companies. There are thousands upon… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Some people have argued that listening to a work of literature does not really promote literacy in the same way that reading… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Now that gigabytes of accessible, malleable information can be carried in one's pocket, we probably will start to see some widespread shifts… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
The little people will get even, which is one of a thousand reasons why they are not little people at all. If… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
We all know of the dangers and inequities of the traditional digital divide: People who have good access tocomputer networks have a… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Many flagship state universities have wonderful digital libraries that are accessed by people around the world. In future, if not current, budget… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Business is about people. It's about passion. It's about bold ideas, bold small ideas or bold large ideas. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
If future competitiveness depends on treating people as an important part of the institution, the least respectful thing I can imagine doing… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
The common wisdom is that ... managers have to learn to motivate people. Nonsense. Employees bring their own motivation. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
I don't read many business books. I read good fiction. Business is about people, so my favorite business books are anything by… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
If you're a leader, your whole reason for living is to help human beings develop - to really develop people and make… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Books were rare,expensive, time-consuming to create and copy, and difficult to transport. That is why collections ofprint-based books developed around centers of… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Community organizing is all about building grassroots support. It's about identifying the people around you with whom you can create a common,… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
We found that the most exciting environments, that treated people very well, are also tough as nails. There is no bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo...… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
The market may never coalesce around one basic design, or even around two or three dominant devices. — Tom Peters Copy Share
If, as I anticipate, a wide array of personal, portable information/communication devices becomes increasingly important and widespread for information-intensive users, it will be a… — Tom Peters Copy Share
Anybody who is an entrepreneur is a person who essentially has impaired judgment. The odds of success are zilch. — Tom Peters Copy Share
Leaders' careers will usually be determined by their handling of one or two critical events that no one could possibly anticipate or plan for. — Tom Peters Copy Share
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… — Tom Peters Copy Share
If there is a single tragic flaw that mars our biggest enterprises, it is conservatism - the failure to fail, and fail big, in… — Tom Peters Copy Share
Think about the market, think about the design, and think about who is going to design for that market. Hit the mark. — Tom Peters Copy Share
“The “Excellence Standard” is not about Grand Outcomes. In Zenlike terms, all we have is today. If the day’s work cannot be assessed as… — Tom Peters Copy Share
What you decide not to do is probably more important that what you decide to do. — Tom Peters Copy Share
