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… — Tom Peters Advice Copy Share Image
The whole secret to our success is being able to con ourselves into believing that we're going to change the world because… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Ultimately, I think that the growth and sustainability of the e-book movement depends on authors and end-users (readers). — Tom Peters Book Copy Share Image
People of all demographic categories and geographic regions will access a good digital library. — Tom Peters Access Copy Share Image
The best leaders... almost without exception and at every level, are master users of stories and symbols. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
The widespread availability of information is the only basis for effective day-to-day problem solving, which abets continuous improvement programs. — Tom Peters Abet Copy Share Image
The selfish leader will attempt to lead others for their own gain and for the detriment of others. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
To meet the demands of the fast-changing competitive scene, we must simply learn to love change as much as we have hated… — Tom Peters Change Copy Share Image
Steve Jobs is perhaps the most competitive human being I have ever met in my life, and yet I would argue one… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
The hyperfast-moving, wired-up, reengineered, quality-obsessed organization will succeed or fail on the strength of the trust that its managers place in the… — Tom Peters Excellence Copy Share Image
The delivery and presentation media are important, and each format has its advantages and disadvantages, but ultimately I just want to read… — Tom Peters Advantage Copy Share Image
A while back, I came across a line attributed to IBM founder Thomas Watson. If you want to achieve excellence, he said,… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
It may be primarily property taxes in the case of a public library, or state taxes and tuition in the case of… — Tom Peters Academic 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
Business, life itself, is damned hard work if you wanna be good at it. Actually, that's precisely wrong. Business ceases to be… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
If, as I anticipate, a wide array of personal, portable information/communication devices becomes increasingly important and widespread for information-intensive users, it will… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Creating in all employees the awareness that their best efforts are essential and that they will share in the rewards of the… — Tom Peters Awareness Copy Share Image
Change is not so much about being the first one to embrace a new idea, but being the first to forget an… — Tom Peters Change Copy Share Image
Forget loyalty. Or at least loyalty to one's corporation. Try loyalty to your Rolodex-your network-instead. — Tom Peters Corporations Copy Share Image
With most competitors moving ever faster, the race will go to those who listen (and respond) most intently. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
I want the public as well as libraries and schools to enjoy unlimited access to public-domain books. This means no charges for… — Tom Peters Access Copy Share Image
Momentum is a fragile force. Its worst enemy: procrastination. Its best friend: a deadline (think Election Day). Implication no. 1 (and there… — Tom Peters Action Copy Share Image
“Larry Janesky runs it. He’ll dry out your basement. (See his, yes, bestselling book Dry Basement Science.) The” — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
The market may never coalesce around one basic design, or even around two or three dominant devices. — Tom Peters Design Copy Share Image
The world has not just "turned upside down". It is turning in every which way at an accelerating pace. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Anybody who is an entrepreneur is a person who essentially has impaired judgment. The odds of success are zilch. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
We must reject all notions of 'reform' that serve up more of the same: more testing, more 'standards', more uniformity, more conformity,… — Tom Peters Bureaucracy Copy Share Image
We often hear that the digital age has resulted in a devaluing of time, space, and place. But I wonder if theseclaims… — Tom Peters Age Copy Share Image
I believe in the age of the Internet, Facebook and Twitter, that relationships are everything. — Tom Peters Age Copy Share Image
I don't believe in holy writ. Buy fifty books or twenty-five books, take three weeks off, read them and make up your… — 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 manager, in today's world, doesn't get paid to be a steward of resources, a favored term not so many years ago.… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
The new idea either finds a champion or it dies. No ordinary involvement with a new idea provides the energy required to… — Tom Peters Champion 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
Be guided by the axiom: There are no limits to the ability to contribute on the part of a properly selected, well-trained,… — Tom Peters Ability Copy Share Image
