Category Archives: Tom Peters!

Good In A Room

Sometimes it’s harder to blog once a week than everyday. So, I’m going to start blogging as much as possible to get out of the funk I’ve been in. Should make things a bit more organic and not so planned. Just read a Tom Peters “Cool Friends” interview from a few weeks ago with Stephanie …

June 18, 2008 – 10:20 am | By DUST!N | Posted in books, Ideas, Persuasion, Tom Peters! | Comments (0)

SnapThought 5/15/08

Just a couple of quickies today (gotta work hard to impress the new boss). I had some Internet issues this week.  This page came up as I tried to access Yahoo! Based on a search by Yahoo!, it no longer exists??  For a minute, I wondered if Microsoft had bought them out. About a 1/2 …

May 16, 2008 – 3:00 pm | By DUST!N | Posted in snapthoughts, Tom Peters! | Comments (1)

A Free Exchange of Ideas

I know two people who can’t share ideas with each other. They don’t trust one another, so every comment is met with skepticism, which breeds indignation and ultimately… anger. I know others who have been trained, like one of Pavlov’s dogs, to not speak up when they disagree with an idea. It’s too risky because …

April 6, 2007 – 8:50 am | By DUST!N | Posted in Human Resources, Ideas, Tom Peters! | Comments (4)

The Hire Standard

Two posts by Big-Time Gurus recently addressed the same point.

1. Tom Peters:

Old story. But never an old story. I went to Whole Foods and Starbucks back-to-back yesterday afternoon. No holes: Every (EVERY—perhaps 6?) staff member was pleasant, chatty, informed, etc.

I remain amazed.

2. Seth Godin (read the post to get context)

Sure, she was an annoying nut. But she was passionate about containers, certainly. Smart hiring goes a long way.

Duh, you say? Yet how many businesses really hire people because they’ll be pleasant, chatty, informed, and PASSIONATE (specifically about your core offering)?

June 16, 2006 – 9:37 am | By DUST!N | Posted in books, Human Resources, longform, Seth Godin, Tom Peters! | Comments (0)

The Secret, the Shell, and the Flash in a Pan

I submitted a proposal to write a manifesto for Changethis.com. It is a presentation I present on personal development. The premise is based on the same concept as the 3 Rs of Business. In my presentation, I encourage individuals to take stock of their personal brand, Brand You as Tom Peters says, and look at …

May 5, 2006 – 2:36 pm | By DUST!N | Posted in books, Branding, Personal Brand, Professional Development, Tom Peters! | Comments (0)

Coaches Via AOL

AOL has a neat little section of ‘Coach’ videos. There’s a lot on relationships and dating, but my real interest was in the clips from business coaches like Jeffrey Gitomer and Tom Peters. Especially check out Peters’ Brand You presentations. Good stuff. I wonder what a lunch meeting with Tom is like. I can’t imagine …

March 3, 2006 – 2:54 pm | By DUST!N | Posted in Branding, Personal Brand, Tom Peters! | Comments (3)

Book Bliss

In response to John Moore of Brand Autopsy and Tom Peters of Tom Peters!, here is my stack of books I’m reading. OK, maybe I’m not reading all of them at once. I used to read 6-7 books at a time. Right now, I focus on one at a time… sometimes two. These are the …

March 3, 2006 – 10:45 am | By DUST!N | Posted in books, Ideas, Tom Peters! | Comments (2)

Slide 247

Tuesday I experienced one of the… OK… THE biggest business buzz of my life. It’s not everyday that Tom Peters quotes you in his presentation. I’m still jazzed about this! But I agree with Seth, that’s what Tom does. Probably the only PowerPoint slide I’ll ever frame. Thanks Tom!

October 7, 2005 – 11:17 am | By DUST!N | Posted in Personal Brand, Slide 247, Tom Peters! | Comments (5)