Tom Peters

Swipe from the best, then adapt.

— Tom Peters

Don't 'tolerate' mistakes. Embrace them!

— Tom Peters

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

— Tom Peters

We are all Michaelangelos.

— Tom Peters

They say plan it. I say do it.

— Tom Peters

Take someone NEW AND WEIRD to lunch today

— Tom Peters

Life is too short for non-WOW projects.

— Tom Peters

Are Your Customers saying WOW?

— Tom Peters

There is no such thing as a minor lapse of integrity

— Tom Peters

In McKinsey's world, all of life is one of two things: strategy or organization.

— Tom Peters

Have you thanked a front-line employee for carrying around a great attitude ... today?

— Tom Peters

Entrepreneurs have no memories. They take on the world with a completely fresh view.

— Tom Peters

Effective listening is a professional achievement-achieved only through hard work.

— Tom Peters

Brand inside is more important than brand outside for sustained success.

— Tom Peters

Communication is everyone's panacea for everything.

— Tom Peters

You have to stand out if you want to move up.

— Tom Peters

I would not be surprised to see interesting new forms of expression and literary genres develop as the e-book movement matures.

— Tom Peters

The dominant culture in most big companies demands punishment for a mistake, no matter how useful, small, invisible...

— Tom Peters

Think about the market, think about the design, and think about who is going to design for that market. Hit the mark.

— Tom Peters

It doesn't matter what product or service you're offering; there is unlimited ability to improve the quality of anything.

— Tom Peters

The winners stun us not by their cleverness, but by the fact that every tiny aspect of the business is just a…

— Tom Peters

Stop being conned by the old mantra that says, 'Leaders are cool, managers are dweebs.' Instead, follow the Peters Principle: Leaders are…

— Tom Peters

An era similar to the one in which the black rotary phone dominated its product category may not recur anytime soon.

— Tom Peters

An ability to embrace new ideas, routinely challenge old ones, and live with paradox will be the effective leader's premier trait.

— Tom Peters

There's nobody in the world that wouldn't change places with the Americans. The economy is phenomenally large, the entrepreneurial class is very…

— Tom Peters

I endorse a lot of people - sometimes people say I endorse too many books. And my response has always been the…

— Tom Peters

Forget all the conventional 'rules' but one. There is one golden rule: Stick to topics you deeply care about and don't keep…

— Tom Peters

Start by identifying the qualities or characteristics that make you distinctive from your competitors - or your colleagues. What have you done…

— Tom Peters

For the blue-collar worker, the driving force behind change was factory automation using programmable machine tools. For the office worker, it's office…

— 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…

— Tom Peters

Who comes first? Don't be silly, says King Hal; it's employees. That is - and this dear Watson, is elementary - if…

— Tom Peters

Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big,…

— Tom Peters

We all know of the dangers and inequities of the traditional digital divide: People who have good access tocomputer networks have a…

— Tom Peters

Like it or not - and often we don't - power is a pervasive phenomenon. From midnight decisions in the Oval Office…

— Tom Peters

The 10 or 12 artists I have known really well all my life are at least as competitive as professional athletes. They…

— Tom Peters

Authority never matches responsibility. That's one of the great myths and delusions of all times. Winning managers and individual performers at all…

— Tom Peters

I used to be skeptical when educators and technologists predicted that we may be entering a new era of oral culture, in…

— Tom Peters

Many flagship state universities have wonderful digital libraries that are accessed by people around the world. In future, if not current, budget…

— Tom Peters

Authors and publishers want fair compensation and a means of protecting content through digital rights management. Vendors and technology companies want new…

— Tom Peters

I imagine a school system that recognizes learning is natural, that a love of learning is normal, and that real learning is…

— Tom Peters