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" If your company has a clean-desk policy, the company is nuts and you're nuts to stay there. "

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" We found that the most exciting environments, that treated people very well, are also tough as nails. There is no bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo... excellent companies provide two things simultaneously: tough environments and very supportive environments. "

" The whole secret to our success is being able to con ourselves into believing that we're going to change the world because statistically we are unlikely to do it. "

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" I think it's wonderful to save the world, but you need to be part of the world, too. "

" 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. "

" The top athletes are consummate pros who work obsessively at their craft. Approach yours the same way. "

" Anybody who is an entrepreneur is a person who essentially has impaired judgment. The odds of success are zilch. "

" Remember my mantra: distinct... or extinct. "

" One simply cannot pay tribute to Stephen Covey without saying at the outset that he was a lovely human being. "

" My problem is not that I see all 17 sides of any issue, but I'm equally passionate about all 17 sides simultaneously. "

" Winners must learn to relish change with the same enthusiasm and energy that we have resisted it in the past. "

" Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else. "

" I know it sounds crazy, but you've got to let what you're going to do find you, rather than you pursuing it. "

" Good managers have a bias for action. "

" Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast. "

" As a consumer, you want to associate with brands whose powerful presence creates a halo effect that rubs off on you. "

" Stop being conned by the old mantra that says, 'Leaders are cool, managers are dweebs.' Instead, follow the Peters Principle: Leaders are cool. Managers are cool too! "

" Celebrate what you want to see more of. "

" Vision is dandy, but sustainable company excellence comes from a huge stable of able managers. "

" If a window of opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade. "

" South Africa has all the tools to compete in the new global village - an eager workforce, ready to take on any challenge. "

" All white-collar work is project work. The single salient fact that touches all of our lives is that work is being reinvented. "

" The best leaders... almost without exception and at every level, are master users of stories and symbols. "

" I don't want the 35-year-olds in my audience to think of me as as 'pops' giving the kind of advice that only 65-year-olds can understand. "

" Mittelstand companies are incredibly focused and almost always family-run. The young men and women go through the apprenticeship system and learn that the goal is excellence. "

" Regardless of age, regardless of position, regardless of the business we happen to be in, all of us need to understand the importance of branding. We are CEOs of our own companies: Me, Inc. To be in business today, our most important job is to be head marketer for the brand called You. "

" Leaders don't create followers, they create more leaders. "

" Communication is everyone's panacea for everything. "

" Statistically and emotionally, I believe that the way I can be of help to society is by doing what I know and what I've been good at. "

" Today brands are everything, and all kinds of products and services - from accounting firms to sneaker makers to restaurants - are figuring out how to transcend the narrow boundaries of their categories and become a brand surrounded by a Tommy Hilfiger-like buzz. "

" A passive approach to professional growth will leave you by the wayside. "