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

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" 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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" For the blue-collar worker, the driving force behind change was factory automation using programmable machine tools. For the office worker, it's office automation using computer technology: enterprise-resource-planning systems, groupware, intranets, extranets, expert systems, the Web, and e-commerce. "

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

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

" Give a lot, expect a lot, and if you don't get it, prune. "

" 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. "

" Community organizing is all about building grassroots support. It's about identifying the people around you with whom you can create a common, passionate cause. And it's about ignoring the conventional wisdom of company politics and instead playing the game by very different rules. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I endorse a lot of people - sometimes people say I endorse too many books. And my response has always been the same: If I can get one case study that can give me one good idea that I can implement for $25, or for these days one-third of that on Kindle, I've gotten a very good deal. "

" Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast. "

" The magic formula that successful businesses have discovered is to treat customers like guests and employees like people. "

" One of the biggest problems of 'In Search of Excellence' is that it focused on giant, publicly-traded companies. There are thousands upon thousands of excellent companies. Some of them are two-person accountancies in a community of three thousand people. "

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

" Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures. "

" Business is about people. It's about passion. It's about bold ideas, bold small ideas or bold large ideas. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If you're not confused, you're not paying attention. "

" All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer. "

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

" As far as I'm concerned, the first business leader who was able to establish a cult of personality around his tenure was Lee Iacocca. "

" 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. "

" Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing. "

" 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. "

" 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. "