Messages from the great Tom Peters

Apart from Tom communicating some meaasges which are listed below he is a truly nice guy. At the end of his presentation my pal Derek said , "Come on Will, let's go and meet him." Now I 'm not one for being slow coming forward but I did take a deep breath...and followed! He was an absolute gent gracious, polite and showed true gratitue we had taken the trouble to find him to say how much we enjoyed his presenation.
HIS MESSAGES
1 He quoted Charles Darwin "It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."

2 His continung theme throughout was excellence. he said it is regularly used in arts and sports but not some much in business.

3 "I'm just a travelling saleman who peddles ideas" ... Wow what a saleman and what ideas!

4 Just try new ideas. "Successful business act from day 1 . Others plan how to plan for months" Quote from Bloomberg

5 He told us he had been presenting for 26 years and made about 2500 speeches. He seems as sad as me at keeping statistics.
As I write I note I have presented to 27,653 people in the 6 years Kintish has been in business

6 Sam Waltons of Walmart's regular message was "Don't be afraid to fail"

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Have you met the world famous Tom Peters, the management guru? I have, yesterday

I attended the B2B conference in London yesterday and had 90 minutes of pure enjoyment. Tom Peters was the keynote speaker. One often attends events to listen to a famous celebrity often to be disappointed by their message and/or their delivery.
On this occasion my expectations were far exceeded. He has been speaking for over 25 years and I believe his passion and enthusiasm for communicating vital messages hasn't dimmed in that time.
In fact he actually said "I don't need to work any more, I don't need to chase to mid-Africa or spend 35 hours travelling to Siberia.I do becuase I love it."
Listening and watching for those 90 minutes proved he was telling the truth.

Time to go but lots of his key messages to follow

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Self -esteem - v - self-confidence

When I ask delegates what are the key personal traits required to be an effective networker SELF-CONFIDENCE is mentioned very quickly.
However I believe when you walk into that room full of strangers SELF-ESTEEM is more important.

What is self-esteem? Here is my version
Self-esteem is feeling good about yourself in spite of your own imperfections.
Genuine self-esteem is you trusting in yourself. You having confidence in your own mind and ability to say this can be done .You believing you deserve happiness, fulfilment and success; you seeing yourself as a decent, worthwhile and likable person.
Because, if those feelings aren’t there, no amount of help from the outside world is ever going to be a substitute.
That is the first step in understanding self-esteem, and what it asks of you. The second step to understanding self-esteem is knowing what the rewards are.
And the rewards are gigantic. It is not just that you feel better, but your life works better, you function better, you rise higher, you do more, you are a better partner, you are a better colleague, you’re a better manager, you are more innovative and you are more creative.
But at the end of the day…true success and true self-esteem comes from within.

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