I knew we needed a weapon to break through to the US market, and it had to be something different, something that nobody else was making.
AKIO MORITAThe company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the workers.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
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America looks 10 minutes ahead; Japan looks 10 years.
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In the long run, no matter how good or successful you are or how clever or crafty.
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Carefully watch how people live, get an intuitive sense as to what they might want and then go with it.
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I established the rule that once we hire an employee, his school records are a matter of the past and are no longer used to evaluate his work or decide on his promotion.
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Our plan is to lead the public with new products rather than ask them what kind of products they want.
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Executives of the company must have the necessary qualities to direct the personnel by showing them the way to do things.
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I believe people work for satisfaction.
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Curiosity is the key to creativity.
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To gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future.
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If we do our best and make efforts, a peaceful and great future will become ours without fail.
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More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.
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Americans make money by playing `money games,’ namely mergers, acquisitions, by simply moving money back and forth … instead of creating and producing goods with some actual value.
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Of course we have to make a profit, but we have to make a profit over the long haul, not just the short term, and that means we must keep investing in research and development.
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From a management standpoint, it is very important to know how to unleash people’s inborn creativity.
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