But make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.
AKIO MORITAOf 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.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
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When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job,
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I have always made it a point to know our employees, to visit every facility of our company, and to try to meet and know every single employee.
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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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And then we grow up and learn to blend our innate abilities with the rules or principles we have learned.
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I 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.
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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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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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It has run consistently about 6 percent of sales at Sony – and in service.
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Curiosity is the key to creativity.
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Never break another man’s rice bowl.
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While the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.
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The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
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Without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period.
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We treat employees as a member of the family.
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