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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
Heart
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Create
Desire
Spirit
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Teamwork
Persons
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Capacity

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If you don't want Japan to buy it, don't sell 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. Employees are not guilty why should they suffer?
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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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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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The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.
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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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But make sure you don't make the same mistake twice.
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My solution to the problem of unleashing creativity is always to set up a target.
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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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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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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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