Tom Peters

One percent improvement in 1,000 things is better than 1,000% improvement in one thing.

— Tom Peters

Your calendar never lies. All we have is our time. The way we spend our time is our priorities, is our strategy.…

— Tom Peters

Public Speaking is a skill that can be studied, polished, perfected. Not only can you get good at it, you can get…

— Tom Peters

Change is not so much about being the first one to embrace a new idea, but being the first to forget an…

— Tom Peters

Creating in all employees the awareness that their best efforts are essential and that they will share in the rewards of the…

— Tom Peters

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

The selfish leader will attempt to lead others for their own gain and for the detriment of others.

— Tom Peters

The best leaders... almost without exception and at every level, are master users of stories and symbols.

— Tom Peters

The widespread availability of information is the only basis for effective day-to-day problem solving, which abets continuous improvement programs.

— Tom Peters

Regardless of age, regardless of position, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us need to understand the…

— Tom Peters

I wrote the book based on a blog that I keep. I also tweet. I don't think that for an incredibly old…

— Tom Peters

Business isn't some disembodied bloodless enterprise. Profit is fine - a sign that the customer honors the value of what we do.…

— Tom Peters

Leaders win through logistics. Vision, sure. Strategy, yes. But when you go to war, you need to have both toilet paper and…

— Tom Peters

“The “Excellence Standard” is not about Grand Outcomes. In Zenlike terms, all we have is today. If the day’s work cannot be…

— Tom Peters

In the great city of San Francisco, where I used to live, at 2 in the morning every other Victorian house has…

— Tom Peters

Divas do it, golfers do it, pilots do it, violists do it, sprinters do it, soldiers do it, surgeons do it, astronauts…

— Tom Peters

If you're a leader, your whole reason for living is to help human beings develop - to really develop people and make…

— Tom Peters

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

Ultimately, I think that the growth and sustainability of the e-book movement depends on authors and end-users (readers).

— Tom Peters

People of all demographic categories and geographic regions will access a good digital library.

— Tom Peters

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

I believe in the age of the Internet, Facebook and Twitter, that relationships are everything.

— Tom Peters

We often hear that the digital age has resulted in a devaluing of time, space, and place. But I wonder if theseclaims…

— Tom Peters

We must reject all notions of 'reform' that serve up more of the same: more testing, more 'standards', more uniformity, more conformity,…

— Tom Peters

Anybody who is an entrepreneur is a person who essentially has impaired judgment. The odds of success are zilch.

— Tom Peters

Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change.

— Tom Peters

The world has not just "turned upside down". It is turning in every which way at an accelerating pace.

— Tom Peters

Momentum is a fragile force. Its worst enemy: procrastination. Its best friend: a deadline (think Election Day). Implication no. 1 (and there…

— Tom Peters

“Larry Janesky runs it. He’ll dry out your basement. (See his, yes, bestselling book Dry Basement Science.) The”

— Tom Peters

The market may never coalesce around one basic design, or even around two or three dominant devices.

— Tom Peters

Forget loyalty. Or at least loyalty to one's corporation. Try loyalty to your Rolodex-your network-instead.

— Tom Peters

With most competitors moving ever faster, the race will go to those who listen (and respond) most intently.

— Tom Peters

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

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

— 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

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

— 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

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

— Tom Peters

In today's economy there are no experts, no 'best and brightest' with all the answers. It's up to each one of us.…

— Tom Peters