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Sleep is over rated anyway Tom :-)

Posted by Trevor at September 23, 2005 4:27 PM

Coming to Taipei, huh?
Waiting to see how those oral translators sweat in total confusion......

Posted by Chuck at September 24, 2005 12:31 AM

Chuck, you're a pessimist. I am a beast to translate with appropriate emotional emphasis, but most of my event sponsors go with top translators who do presidents and prime ministers--I am in awe of them!

Posted by tom peters at September 24, 2005 5:49 AM

C'est la vie - TP as perfect diplomat travel specialist - on to new experiences!

Posted by Sean at September 24, 2005 9:49 AM

Safe travels!

Posted by Troy Worman at September 24, 2005 12:31 PM

Tom, that is good idea for a new book. Experiences from your trips. You wrote "Crazy times call for crazy organizations" from your direct experiences in workshops and trips. Why not an "Around the world in eighty speeches"?

Posted by Felix Gerena at September 24, 2005 5:33 PM

Tom,

I see you're coming to Australia. If you get the time the SMH Good Food Guide for 2006 has just been released for Sydney restaurants. These are some of their recommendations - if you get the chance, of course.

3 hats
Claude’s. est. Guillaume at Bennelong (Opera House). Marque. Quay. Tetsuya’s.

2 hats
Aria, Bilson’s, Bistro Moncur, Buon Ricordo, Icebergs Dining Room & Bar, Longrain, Lucio’s, Omega, Pello, Pier, Pilu at Freshwater, Restaurant Balzac, Rockpool, Sean’s Panaroma and Yoshii.

Posted by Kerno at September 24, 2005 9:31 PM

I travel a lot too and to not to confuse people waiting to hear from me I put a locator on my blog showing my current and next destination along with time zones.

Have a safe trip.

Posted by Roman Rytov at September 25, 2005 10:30 AM

Keep rattling the cage and making 'em think.

Safe travels.

Posted by Andrew Hayden at September 25, 2005 2:39 PM

Tom, safe travels... I am intrigued by the concept of "the more places I go, and the more I am exposed to the less I have to say and share" Interesting mantra....I really would think your travels would create more observations not less....way to grab those frequent miles though...jay

Posted by Jay at September 25, 2005 8:54 PM

Tom,

You obviously go to these places for only one reason: You believe that if even one person "gets it" and uses your ideas to change their world you have spent your time well.

I send my hopes that you find at least 2 on each visit.

Paul

PS - Search for Sufjan Stevens on itunes and download for your next flight. And buy the Shure microphones. I have to take them out every time the captain speaks.

Posted by Paul Davidson at September 26, 2005 1:11 AM

Tom,

Any chance of u visiting Hong Kong?? Pls DO keep me posted in case ur here for a presentation...would be more than glad to meet u :-)

Posted by K.Sriram at September 26, 2005 1:39 AM

Far be it from me to be the token voice of dissent... and I'm not here just to bitch'n'moan - if there wasn't genunely constructive intent to this I wouldn't be wasting the read/write effort - but... I'm baffled by many of the comments in this thread. Honestly... wtf do they add - what good purpose is served?

Let's be clear here, this isn't the only (nor even the worst) such instance of a line of genuflecting way-to-go 'attaboy Tom' tripe. Sure, of course many-and-most blogs attract the requisite audience of groupies and genuine followers who follow-the-leader toe-the-line and echo the chorus from the gallery... and that's fine. Who am I to blow against the wind?

But wait... as individuals with the right and obligation to allow our minds to wander in search of mutual satisfaction and enrichment - to genuinely imagine and engage - shouldn't we 'demand and return' (in the most polite and passionate way we can) appropriate nourishment/succor/call it what you will?

No surprises - I'm pissed off. Disappointed at the dullness, bemused by the mediocrity and
frustrated that, in a community of whom I expected better, 'this' is apparently the best that we can do. And, there's the rub... on reflection, I too have entered comments of the type I criticise. And likely will again. Why? What is the need to do this? Do we so-desperately need to belong... to seek validation... to be in 'warm company'. Or are we simply really 'not so good after all' and doing the best we can? I don't know; really don't.

But, 'just a click away' we have free choice - to ignore and be ignored. Personally, whilst 'banging that bloody drum again' I genuinely miss the old discussion format... the place where I first encountered some folks who still comment - and a few more who're notably absent. And I don't think the current format is progress - it's lessened, not enhanced, the offer.

Many blogs need a tame feel. That's fine in the world of 'today I felt depressed and went to the store' drivel. This arena, I suggest, deserves and 'demands' better.

Initially drawn to Peters by the genuine passion/authentic fire/etc (and, we all know what I'm speaking of so it needs nil elaboration) I honestly believe his intent wasn't to develop-and-strut an empire (even a cursory look shows he does so much to prevent that) but... and here's the nub... to genuinely stimulate... provoke... encourage those who can be bothered to do better - to 'go beyond', blaze trails and all the other hypey terms we can muster... simply to at-least try to do something better.

We could (and perhaps still can)... and excuse or ridicule the totally over-the-top language here... have 'a cluster of supernovas exploding across the universe - birthing a thousand-thousand tiny-though-bright suns'. Or we could simply have 'dead rocks in space' satellites orbiting the source.

To me, this place was cool once. Now it's just cold.

Posted by gulliver at September 26, 2005 3:05 AM

Hi Gulliver – I am a pragmatist - As I wrote on another post recently I take the view I am receiving free Tom Peters consulting advice here and I am happy to do so. I could not afford it if I were paying the bill. I think it is great we have differing and minority views as long as they are well mannered and not personally insulting. Tell me where I can go to get better management/leadership insights free of charge? Call me a mercenary - call me what you like - as long the service is there I will use it. I consider myself fortunate to have access to - for instance 1500 TP slides in PowerPoint absolutely free. Come on - what other site would 'give' you that wisdom! I get peed off with sites that take me into them and then I have to pay for the privilege of reading the authors thoughts. I sometimes wonder what people want from Tom Peters. The man offers himself up - he gives us the benefit of his insights he doesn't have to do that but consistent with his message he walks the talk. Some of the alternative views that are in my words a bit way out are probably above my head either academically or creatively and so maybe I am not the best judge about your comments but to me they sound a bit negative and it would be great to hear from others about how we can embrace alternative views. Beast wishes Trevor - ever the pragmatist - desperately trying to keep it simple.

Posted by Trevor at September 26, 2005 11:01 AM

Gulliver, you're correct that this particular thread feels like a "love-in". Many folks have built a sense of comraderie here, and who's to argue. For some, it adds a little lightness to the regular business debate. For others, well, just skip on by.

If you scan the rest of the threads, you'll see a fair amount of debate when the thread is subject-specific, and not a general "here's where I'm heading".

Do you feel that Peters' has lost the "genuine passion/authentic fire/etc" that drew you here in the first place or is it the adoration that bugs you? Hopefully the former is still there, and you needn't read the latter.

Posted by Jeff at September 26, 2005 12:01 PM

Whilst I had some interesting and worthwhile email on this one, I'll cover the public posts...

Jeff...
>Do you feel that Peters' has lost the "genuine passion/authentic fire/etc" that drew you here in the first place or is it the adoration that bugs you? Hopefully the former is still there, and you needn't read the latter.

'Hell, no' to 'lost' - I think he's getting better. His originating posts aren't the issue.

And >you needn't read the latter... agreed. And, I'm genuinely seeking better - hence my post. I really do consider the older format to have offered higher quality interaction.

Trevor... sure it's negative. Criticism often is. Along with it, I'm suggesting positives - the expansion of the current format.

Posted by gulliver at September 27, 2005 1:04 AM

Trevor - I agree with the quality of the TP site - maybe the TP new exercise scheme energizes all of us!?

Gulliver - I kind of agree in the sense that somewhere [the TP site?] we need radical reform aspects to guide the space ship free enterprise vehicle known as the USA - which mainly because of political lapses [like the TP Democrat party stranglehold on poor quality grade 1-12 education] makes too many citizens taco flippers of the future!

Posted by Sean at September 27, 2005 8:51 AM

At risk of being seen to hog the thread, I'm heartened by Sean's point of >somewhere we need... radical reform aspects etc...

I'd genuinely welcome such a place here - some outpost of the site, where those so-minded could really get into the 'music in the cafes at night and revolution in the air' high-minded free-rollin' always-another-voice jostlin' to be heard' spirit of the thing... and if it's to be here then great, and if not then that's fine too - maybe somebody'll start something somewhere.

I know Trevor tried with RTC and, good though it is, it never quite engaged me... nor I suspect the critical mass necessary for vibrancy. But hey - I'm the extremist and so don't have the perspective.

In closing... 'I really expected it to be a little punkier...' my personal thinking is perhaps akin to 'disruptive excellence in a business age'. Perhaps that's the origin of real change?

Thing is though, despite the radical message espoused herein and the accompanying books... most of us are pretty staid and tame and seem to be happy with things so perhaps I should simply shutup.

Posted by gulliver at September 27, 2005 10:19 AM

Variety is the spice of life Gulliver and no I don't think you should shut up at all. I believe all views that are legal and good mannered are welcomed in my world and I am sure that is the same on TP site. I think we all have the freedom to post comments providing they meet those two criteria. I may not agree with everyone and certainly everyone will not agree with me but all views are important. Maybe when I was younger I used words like ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ more often than I do now - now I use the word ‘different’ more often! :-)

Posted by Trevor Gay at September 28, 2005 3:08 AM