The world has not just "turned upside down". It is turning in every which way at an accelerating pace. — Tom Peters 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
Forget loyalty. Or at least loyalty to one's corporation. Try loyalty to your Rolodex-your network-instead. — Tom Peters Corporations 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
“Larry Janesky runs it. He’ll dry out your basement. (See his, yes, bestselling book Dry Basement Science.) The” — Tom Peters 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
The market may never coalesce around one basic design, or even around two or three dominant devices. — Tom Peters Design 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
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
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
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
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
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
I believe in the age of the Internet, Facebook and Twitter, that relationships are everything. — Tom Peters Age 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
Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change. — 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
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
It's relatively simple. If we're not getting more, better, faster than they are getting more, better, faster, then we're getting less, no… — Tom Peters Educational 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
The drive for control, or the perception thereof, is truly the strongest force in human nature. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
What is my personal strategy for the next 10 hours? Who can I talk with or what can I volunteer for to… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Design is so critical it should be on the agenda of every meeting in every single department. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Statistically and emotionally, I believe that the way I can be of help to society is by doing what I know and… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
As a consumer, you want to associate with brands whose powerful presence creates a halo effect that rubs off on you. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer. — Tom Peters Business Copy Share Image
Don't let the vision be shot through with holes, but be damn sure some of your best and brightest are shooting at… — Tom Peters Bazookas Copy Share Image
Confidence means non-paralysis, a willingness to act, and act decisively, to start new things and cut failing ventures off. — Tom Peters Confidence 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 I read a book that cost me $20 and I get one good idea, I've gotten one of the greatest bargains… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Mistakes are life. Mistakes are not to be tolerated...they are to be encouraged. The bigger the better. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Public Speaking is a skill that can be studied, polished, perfected. Not only can you get good at it, you can get… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
Your calendar never lies. All we have is our time. The way we spend our time is our priorities, is our strategy.… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
I think economics, content, and the ability to interact with content in new and different ways are what will drive the adoption… — Tom Peters Ability Copy Share Image
The company's most urgent task is to learn to welcome, beg for, demand - innovation from everyone. — Tom Peters Business Copy Share Image
Usage tends to be global, while funding tends tobe local. When we allow it to happen, usage of a digital library is… — Tom Peters Digital Copy Share Image
Vision is dandy, but sustainable company excellence comes from a huge stable of able managers. — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
