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The little Big things by Tom Peters is based on the needs for business leaders to have in order to have a successful business. According to the article, The little big things, formed a well-calculated approach to enhancing a leader’s strategies so he or she can reach the ultimate goal of excellence. This is key because the book had an impact on business leaders. It also helped readers move directly to the specific guidance they needed. The book taught me a lot of thing about business such as making friends, when you make friends, thing swill be a lot easier because your friends can help you go through stuff you usually be able to do when you’re by yourself. Besides the author giving good advice for business leaders on how to run a successful
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