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If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade.
Tom Peters
Opportunity
Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past.
Tom Peters
Change
Enthusiasm
Energy
Past
We found that the most exciting environments, that treated people very well, are also tough as nails. There is no bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo... excellent companies provide two things simultaneously: tough environments and very supportive environments.
Tom Peters
People
The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people.
Tom Peters
People
Successful
Employees
Formula
Guests
Magic
South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village - an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge.
Tom Peters
Challenge
Tools
Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders.
Tom Peters
Followers
Leaders
If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you're nuts to stay there.
Tom Peters
Policy
Company
Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change.
Tom Peters
Change
Excellence
Improvement
Design is so critical it should be on the agenda of every meeting in every single department.
Tom Peters
Design
Meeting
Communication is everyone's panacea for everything.
Tom Peters
Communication
Celebrate what you want to see more of.
Tom Peters
Want
Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.
Tom Peters
Design
Quality
Improvement
Manufacturing
All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer.
Tom Peters
Business
Success
Company
Customer
If you're not confused, you're not paying attention.
Tom Peters
Attention