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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.

Akio Morita

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Akio Morita
Age: 78 †
Born: 1921
Born: January 26
Died: 1999
Died: October 3
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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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I believe it is a big mistake to think that money is the only way to compensate a person for his work. People need money, but they also want to be happy in their work and proud of it.
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The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
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We want everybody to have the best facilities in which to work, but we do not believe in posh and impressive private offices.
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When I find an employee who turns out to be wrong for the job, I feel it is my fault because I made the decision to hire him.
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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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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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I believe one of the reasons we went through such a remarkable growth period was that we had this atmosphere of free discussion.
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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 - it has run consistently about 6 percent of sales at Sony - and in service.
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Advertising and promotion alone will not sustain a bad product or a product that is not right for the times.
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While the United States has been busy creating lawyers, we have been busier creating engineers.
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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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From a management standpoint, it is very important to know how to unleash people's inborn creativity. My concept is that anybody has creative ability, but very few people know how to use it.
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A company will get nowhere if all of the thinking is left to management.
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The company must not throw money away on huge bonuses for executives or other frivolities but must share its fate with the workers.
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Without an organisation that can work together, sometimes over a very long period, it's difficult to see new projects to fruition.
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The public does not know what is possible. We do.
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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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