To gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future.
AKIO MORITAI often say to my assistants, “Never trust anybody,” but what I mean is that you should never trust someone else to do a job exactly the way you would want it done.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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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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People need money, but they also want to be happy in their work and proud of it.
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It’s difficult to see new projects to fruition.
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Curiosity is the key to creativity.
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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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The best example of this was the Apollo project in the United States.
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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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The remarkable thing about management is that a manager can go on for years making mistakes that nobody is aware of, which means that management can be a kind of a con job.
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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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Every action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.
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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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More people are interested in trying to shuffle paper assets around than building lasting assets by producing real goods.
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America looks 10 minutes ahead; Japan looks 10 years.
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You can be totally rational with a machine.
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We treat employees as a member of the family.
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