Tom Peters Quotes

A lot of success in life and business comes from knowing what you want to avoid: early death, a bad marriage, etc.

I'm fascinated with films that deal with strategy because there's a right way and a wrong way to get the job done.

The only thing I don't think people don't understand about good leaders is that they're both good and lucky. A lot of it is timing.

Chess is a matter of delicate judgement, knowing when to punch and how to duck.

The stock market and the gridiron and the battlefield aren't as tidy as the chessboard, but in all of them, a single, simple rule holds true: make good decisions and you'll succeed; make bad ones and you'll fail.

By definition, risk-takers often fail. So do morons. In practice it's difficult to sort them out.

Fail to plan, plan to fail.

Every business makes big mistakes along the way.

There's a mathematical way to get success.

Honestly, I've learned from results, period. Everything isn't a failure. Sometimes it just doesn't work. That's not a failure. Maybe it just means it wasn't its time.

Timing is very important in politics.

You can learn something from losses, wins, an unsuccessful season, a successful season.

So, just make the right reads and the ball will always come back around to you. Taking the right shots and not forcing anything. Just let the game slow down and play free.

I've got to be smarter with the football.

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

Anyone who has actually had to take responsibility for consequences by running any kind of enterprise whether economic or academic, or even just managing a sports team is likely at some point to be chastened by either the setbacks brought on by his own mistakes or by seeing his successes followed by negative consequences that he never anticipated.

Luck is not a business model.

You learn as much from those who have failed as from those who have succeeded.

Incorrect assumptions lie at the root of every failure. Have the courage to test your assumptions.

Capitalism without failure is like religion without sin. Bankruptcies and losses concentrate the mind on prudent behavior.

Sometimes you lose - perhaps because you play against the very best, or because surprises happen - but if there is organizational confidence, you bounce back from losses and convert them to successes.

If it's a principle, it's a winner. If it's a tactic, it's a loser.

There is no success without failure and losses.

If you sacrifice early, you'll win late.

In order to WIN the game, you must first not LOSE it.