1. ~introverts tend to be more thoughtful and deliberate. And it’s not that they don’t like people—in fact, they tend to have deeper relationships with fewer people relative to extroverts. The ability to pause and reflect separates us from the rest of the animal kingdom. Given the acceleration frenzy, “slow down” is no less than profound advice. P 226
2. “Be the best, it’s the only market that’s not crowded.” P 226
3. Good manners pay off big time. I assume you’re smart and I assume you work hard. But being civil and decent and kind is the bedrock of career success, as well as personal fulfillment.
Oh, and two other things: First, become a superstar, all-pro listener. How? Work on it. It does not come naturally. Read up on it. Practice it. Have a mentor grade you on it.
Second: Read. Read. Read. Read. In short, the best student wins, whether at age 21 or 51 or 101. P 227-228
4. Think small. Do something super cool by the end of the day! I write about “excellence.” Most see excellence as some grand aspiration. Wrong. Dead wrong. My two cents: Excellence is the next five minutes or nothing at all. It’s the quality of your next five-minute conversation. It’s the quality of, yes, your next email. Forget the long term. Make the next five minutes rock! P 228
5. “MBWA.” Translation: Managing By Wandering Around. It stands for being in touch, being human—and learning from everyone. Years ago, I worked with a wildly successful Nordstrom store manager. She said (approximately), “When I’m stuck or down, I stand up from my desk and take a 30-minute ramble on the floor. Just talking with our gang for a few minutes clears my head and unfailingly inspires me.” P 228
TOM PETERS is a co-author of In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies, which is often referred to as “the best business book ever.” Sixteen books and more than 30 years later, he’s still at the forefront of the “management guru” industry he helped invent. As CNN has said, “While most business gurus milk the same mantra for all it’s worth, the one-man brand called Tom Peters is still reinventing himself.” His most recent book is The Little BIG Things: 163 Ways to Pursue Excellence. Tom’s bedrock belief is: “Execution is strategy—it’s all about the people and the doing, not the talking and the theory.” Tom has given more than 2,500 speeches, and his speech and writing materials are available for free at tompeters.com.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Peters
https://www.amazon.com/Excellence-Dividend-Meeting-Tech-Tide/dp/0525434623/ref
https://www.amazon.com/Search-Excellence-Americas-Best-Run-Companies/dp/0060548789/ref
https://www.amazon.com/Brand-You-Transform-Distinction-Commitment/dp/0375407723/ref
https://www.amazon.com/Little-Big-Things-Pursue-EXCELLENCE/dp/0061894109/ref
https://www.amazon.com/Thriving-Chaos-Handbook-Management-Revolution/dp/0060971843/ref
https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-Wow-Every-Persons-Topsy-Turvy-ebook/dp/B0042JSO30/ref
2. “Be the best, it’s the only market that’s not crowded.” P 226
3. Good manners pay off big time. I assume you’re smart and I assume you work hard. But being civil and decent and kind is the bedrock of career success, as well as personal fulfillment.
Oh, and two other things: First, become a superstar, all-pro listener. How? Work on it. It does not come naturally. Read up on it. Practice it. Have a mentor grade you on it.
Second: Read. Read. Read. Read. In short, the best student wins, whether at age 21 or 51 or 101. P 227-228
4. Think small. Do something super cool by the end of the day! I write about “excellence.” Most see excellence as some grand aspiration. Wrong. Dead wrong. My two cents: Excellence is the next five minutes or nothing at all. It’s the quality of your next five-minute conversation. It’s the quality of, yes, your next email. Forget the long term. Make the next five minutes rock! P 228
5. “MBWA.” Translation: Managing By Wandering Around. It stands for being in touch, being human—and learning from everyone. Years ago, I worked with a wildly successful Nordstrom store manager. She said (approximately), “When I’m stuck or down, I stand up from my desk and take a 30-minute ramble on the floor. Just talking with our gang for a few minutes clears my head and unfailingly inspires me.” P 228
TOM PETERS is a co-author of In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies, which is often referred to as “the best business book ever.” Sixteen books and more than 30 years later, he’s still at the forefront of the “management guru” industry he helped invent. As CNN has said, “While most business gurus milk the same mantra for all it’s worth, the one-man brand called Tom Peters is still reinventing himself.” His most recent book is The Little BIG Things: 163 Ways to Pursue Excellence. Tom’s bedrock belief is: “Execution is strategy—it’s all about the people and the doing, not the talking and the theory.” Tom has given more than 2,500 speeches, and his speech and writing materials are available for free at tompeters.com.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Peters
https://www.amazon.com/Excellence-Dividend-Meeting-Tech-Tide/dp/0525434623/ref
https://www.amazon.com/Search-Excellence-Americas-Best-Run-Companies/dp/0060548789/ref
https://www.amazon.com/Brand-You-Transform-Distinction-Commitment/dp/0375407723/ref
https://www.amazon.com/Little-Big-Things-Pursue-EXCELLENCE/dp/0061894109/ref
https://www.amazon.com/Thriving-Chaos-Handbook-Management-Revolution/dp/0060971843/ref
https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-Wow-Every-Persons-Topsy-Turvy-ebook/dp/B0042JSO30/ref
Referenc
Ferriss, Timothy. Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World (P. 225). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
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