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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.

Akio Morita

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Akio Morita
Age: 78 †
Born: 1921
Born: January 26
Died: 1999
Died: October 3
Businessman
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Engineer
Physicist
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Teamwork
Persons
Technological
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Capacity
Heart
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Conditions
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Desire
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We all learn by imitating, as children, as students, as novices in the world of business. And then we grow up and learn to blend our innate abilities with the rules or principles we have learned.
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All you need is the best product in the world, the most efficient production in the world and global marketing.
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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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Japanese attitudes toward work seem to be critically different from American attitudes.
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Carefully watch how people live, get an intuitive sense as to what they might want and then go with it. Don’t do market research.
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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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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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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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If we do our best and make efforts, a peaceful and great future will become ours without fail. Whether we succeed or not depends on the strength of our resolve and the amount of our endeavor.
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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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