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Words to Savor

Here are five great (per me) quotes I've recently come across and committed to PowerPoint. FYI:

"Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart."—Henry Clay

"The first 90% of a project takes 90% of the time. The last 10% takes the other 90% of the time."—Richard Templar, The Rules of Management

"Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go."—William Feather, author ("Eighty percent of success is showing up."—Woody Allen)


"If it feels painful and scary—that's real delegation."—Caspian Woods, small biz owner

"Seek honest, minimalist management. Look for companies run by a team that explains things clearly and briefly. ... You can tell a lot about the firm by reading an annual report or two. If management can't explain the business in plain English, move on to another firm. If you see phrases like 'creating knowledge-based value in emerging markets' ... someone is trying to pull the wool over your eyes, you lazy Fool. Run."—Seth Jayson, "Stocks for the Lazy Investor," The Motley Fool

Tom Peters posted this on 10/12/06.

Comments

Dear Tom:

Some words sometime are really powerfull. Those you write where great.

"The effective leadership does not consist of giving good speeches or being pleasant. The leadership is defined by the results, not by the attributes."
Peter Drucker.

With best regards

Juan Miguel

Posted by Juan Miguel Robles Vargas at October 12, 2006 6:45 PM


Tom, I know you are referring to Elevators' Pitch in your second para, if am correct. The term is typically used in the context of an entrepreneur pitching an idea to a venture capitalist to receive funding. Venture capitalists often judge the quality of an idea and team on the basis of the quality of its elevator pitch, and will ask entrepreneurs for the elevator pitch so to quickly weed out bad ideas. I love the idea and its terrific!

Posted by K.Sriram at October 14, 2006 1:07 AM



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