Tom Peters Work Quotations

The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.

I had no idea what I was doing when I wrote 'Search.' There was no carefully designed work plan. There was no theory that I was out to prove.

A while back, I came across a line attributed to IBM founder Thomas Watson. If you want to achieve excellence, he said, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.

Hire disrespectful people.

He who makes the quickest, coolest prototypes reigns!

You will be remembered, in the long haul, for the quality of your work, not the quantity of your work. No one evaluates Picasso based on the number of paintings he churned out.

Effective listening is a professional achievement-achieved only through hard work.