Some people have argued that listening to a work of literature does not really promote literacy in the same way that reading does. Having tried this for several months, however, I can report from the trenches that, for me, immersive listening is as intellectually challenging, stimulating, and rewarding as immersive reading.
Tom PetersUnless you walk out into the unknown, the odds of making a profound difference in your life are pretty low.
Tom PetersIf the person you delegated to does the job twice as well as you would have done it, consider yourself a leader.
Tom PetersI'm about as far from being a flag-waver - you won't find any American flag pins in my drawer - as someone can be.
Tom PetersThe Chinese are quite entrepreneurial. Remember when Lenovo bought IBM's PC division. It was said that China didn't need a brand name, China didn't need to buy Lenovo to get into the PC business, I remember reading a one-liner somewhere which struck me as quite possibly true, it said the one thing that the Chinese had not been able to copy or figure out was the way, in terms of systems, that Americans - it probably would be true for Europeans as well - that Americans install and live by their management systems, while China is still quite half-assed. Perhaps that is a true statement.
Tom Peters