"The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity." ― Tom Peters Topic(s): Patriotism Tags: paying, simple More From Tom Peters "Mastery is great, but even that is not enough. You have to be able to change course without a bead of sweat, or remorse." "All business success rests on something labeled a sale, which at least momentarily weds company and customer." "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." More In Patriotism "No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots."― Barbara Ehrenreich "The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny."― David Hume "A nation is a society united by a delusion about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbours."― William Ralph Inge