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The Pursuit of WOW!
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The Pursuit of WOW!

Every Person's Guide to Topsy-Turvy Times

Tom Peters
Vintage Books, 1994
First Edition: 1994

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Editorial Rating

8

Qualities

  • Innovative
  • Applicable

Recommendation

Even when he’s not at his best, and he isn’t here, Tom Peters stands head-and-shoulders above other management gurus, particularly if you like your messages delivered straightforwardly with a good dose of exclamation points. Peters is all about simplicity and excitement, both in his language and in his message. His basic mantra never changes: the workplace is becoming ever more competitive, so you need to make yourself and your company stand out. Do this by viewing your work as a series of critical projects and injecting limitless enthusiasm into each one. In delivering his consistent message, Peters tosses out scores of common-sense lines that are so true that you just have to jot them down. You’ll find quite a few such keepers in this book, but you won’t find much of an overriding theme. Instead, Peters presents a string of 210 useful, fun, pithy observations that flow together loosely, all to imbue you with a dose of Pow! Now! Wow! If you want to get going, getAbstract.com recommends this motivational booster.

Take-Aways

  • Stand out from the growing crowd of look-alikes by pursuing Wow!
  • How do you attain Wow? Just decide to be the greatest and start acting accordingly.
  • Honor your errors. Big goofs can be expected - they’re the only way to leap forward.

About the Author

Tom Peters is a management consultant whose books include In Search of Excellence (with Robert H. Waterman, Jr.), A Passion for Excellence (with Nancy Austin), Thriving on Chaos, Liberation Management and The Tom Peters Seminar. He is the founder and chief executive of the Tom Peters Group in Palo Alto, California.

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