The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
AKIO MORITAThe only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
More Akio Morita Quotes
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When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job,
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We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business.
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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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To have any one of these without the others is self defeating in business.
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We don’t believe in market research for a new product unknown to the public. So we never do any.
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Don’t do market research.
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Every action analysed and every responsibility assigned by an organisation chart.
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An enemy of innovation could be your own sales force.
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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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Once you have a staff of prepared, intelligent, and energetic people, the next step is to motivate them to be creative.
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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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We will try to create conditions where persons could come together in a spirit of teamwork, and exercise to their heart’s desire their technological capacity.
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If you don’t want Japan to buy it, don’t sell it.
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A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.
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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.
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Without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period.
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Never break another man’s rice bowl.
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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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In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues.
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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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Management of an industrial company must be giving targets to the engineers constantly; that may be the most important job management has in dealing with its engineers.
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Employees are not guilty; why should they suffer?
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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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My chief job is to constantly stir or rekindle the curiosity of people that gets driven out by bureaucracy and formal schooling systems.
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Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
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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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