We want everybody to have the best facilities in which to work, but we do not believe in posh and impressive private offices.
AKIO MORITAPeople need money, but they also want to be happy in their work and proud of it.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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You can be totally rational with a machine.
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Whether we succeed or not depends on the strength of our resolve and the amount of our endeavor.
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Japanese people tend to be much better adjusted to the notion of work, any kind of work, as honorable.
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The important thing in my view is not to pin the blame for a mistake on somebody, but rather to find out what caused the mistake.
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Never break another man’s rice bowl.
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Your business and its future are in the hands of the people you hire.
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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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(Japanese Government believes that if you have a big laboratory with all the latest equipment and good funding it will automatically lead to creativity. It doesn’t work that way.
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To have any one of these without the others is self defeating in business.
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If you trust your colleague today, he may be your competitor tomorrow, because people frequently move from one company to another.
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I believe people work for satisfaction.
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The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
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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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If we face recession, we should not lay off employees; the company should sacrifice a profit. It’s management’s risk and management’s responsibility.
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If you go through life convinced that your way is always best, all the new ideas in the world will pass you by.
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