It’s difficult to see new projects to fruition.
AKIO MORITAWhether we succeed or not depends on the strength of our resolve and the amount of our endeavor.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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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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But if you work with people, sometimes logic often has to take a backseat to understanding.
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But make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.
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I believe it is a big mistake to think that money is the only way to compensate a person for his work.
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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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From a management standpoint, it is very important to know how to unleash people’s inborn creativity.
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The most important mission for a Japanese manager is to develop a healthy relationship with his employees.
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The public does not know what is possible. We do.
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We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business.
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The “patron saint” of Japanese quality control, ironically, is an American named W. Edwards Deming, who was virtually unknown in his own country until his ideas of quality control began to make such a big impact on Japanese companies.
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There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.
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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 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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A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.
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You can be totally rational with a machine.
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