Counterpoint - BFO - Blinding Flash of the Obvious - Tom Peters

I've been a voracious reader, listener and follower of Tom Peters since In Search of Excellence was published in 1982.  He has consistently said that most of what he teaches on how individuals and organizations can be more successful are just Blinding Flashes of the Obvious.  Peter's believes that most of us know what to do but we don't do it.  

In one post he lists 27 BFO's.  

Here's a handful of examples:

BFO #1: If you (RELIGIOUSLY) help people—EVERY SINGLE PERSON, JUNIOR OR SENIOR, LIFER OR TEMP—grow and reach/exceed their perceived potential, then they in turn will bust their individual and collective butts to create great experiences for Clients—and the "bottom line" will get fatter and fatter and fatter. (ANYBODY LISTENING?) (PEOPLE FIRST = MAXIMIZED PROFITABILITY. PERIOD.) 

BFO 4: OUT-READ 'EM. AGE 17. AGE 77.
2014: READ & GROW ... or wilt.
(One financial services superstar pegs CEO prob #1: "They don't read enough.") STUDENTHOOD (OBSESSION THEREWITH) (for ALL of us) FOR LIFE!

BFO 5: Organizations exist for ONE reason ... TO BE OF SERVICE. PERIOD. (And effective leaders in turn are ... SERVANT LEADERS. PERIOD.)

BFO 7: WTTMSW. (Whoever Tries The Most Stuff Wins.)
WTTMSASTMSUTFW. (Whoever Tries The Most Stuff And Screws The Most Stuff Up The Fastest Wins.)
"A Bias For Action": #1 Success Requisite in 1982.
"A Bias For Action": #1 Success Requisite in 2014.

BFO 11: Excellence is NOT an "aspiration." Excellence IS the next 5 minutes. (Or not.)

BFO 18: The two most powerful words in the English language are?
No contest: "THANK YOU."
(ACT ACCORDINGLY—e.g., OBSESSIVELY.)

BFO 21: What is the individual's/organization's #1 enduring strategic asset? Easy:
ASSET #1 = INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE EXCELLENCE AT ...
L-I-S-T-E-N-I-N-G.
(Listening can be ... TAUGHT. Listening PER SE is a ... PROFESSION. Are YOU a "stellar professional listener"? THINK ABOUT IT. PLEASE.)

BFO 24: EVERY DAY PROVIDES A DOZEN (LITERALLY) LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVERY ONE OF US. (Every = EVERY. From the most junior—and even the 3-day temp—to the Big Dudes.)
GRAB AT LEAST ONE.

BFO 26: Most of us/most organizations discount ... INTROVERTS. THAT IS A ... FIRST-ORDER STRATEGIC BLUNDER. (Please read Susan Cain's book QUIET. It was a no-bull lifechanger for me.)