Anybody who is an entrepreneur is a person who essentially has impaired judgment. The odds of success are zilch. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
If there is a single tragic flaw that mars our biggest enterprises, it is conservatism - the failure to fail, and fail… — 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
Fact is, the work place to a great extent is "where we live." We need star accountants. Boffo saleswomen. Over-the-top creatives in… — Tom Peters 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 10 or 12 artists I have known really well all my life are at least as competitive as professional athletes. They… — 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
'In Search of Excellence' - even the title - is a reminder that business isn't dry, dreary, boring, or by the numbers.… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
The 'value added' for most any company, tiny or enormous, comes from the Quality of Experience provided. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
A little (or more) boat burning would do many enterprises a world of good. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Regardless of age, regardless of position, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us need to understand the… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Business book writing for me is when some set of ideas gets stuck in my mind, I write a book about it.… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Champions are pioneers, and pioneers get shot at. The companies that get the most from champions, therefore, are those that have rich… — 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
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
Who, precisely, are your Dreamers? Are their Dreams in Technicolor? Do you allow their most Outrageous Dreams to be seen in public? — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
If you love your company and love what you do, you will serve your customers better-period! — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
The company's most urgent task is to learn to welcome, beg for, demand - innovation from everyone. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Who comes first? Don't be silly, says King Hal; it's employees. That is - and this dear Watson, is elementary - if… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
The number one premise of business is that it need not be boring or dull. It ought to be fun. If it's… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Community. A friend started a real estate brokerage a few years ago. By the time she'd added her second employee, she was… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
As far as I'm concerned, the first business leader who was able to establish a cult of personality around his tenure was… — 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 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 be a… — 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image