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I have my family, my children - I have a lot of outside activities.

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Carlos Ghosn
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: March 9
Business Executive
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What I worry about is not just Nissan, but Japanese manufacturers losing motivation to maintain production in Japan. The high yen is definitely a headwind.
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Leadership is demonstrated at the moment of need. You learn to be a leader by acting, by doing
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I'm the C.E.O., nominated by the shareholders. If they're not happy, I have to take the consequences.
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Electric cars are not going to take the market by storm, but it's going to be a gradual improvement.
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To face deflation, you have to have people accepting it and not reacting to it.
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You don't build your character by doing what everybody else is doing.
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We are facing extreme volatility.
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At the age of 20 I bought a used Fiat 127. This was the only one I could afford!
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People will always challenge you on an idea as long as it has not been concretized by somebody else.
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If you have not been a villain at a certain point in time, you will never be a hero. And the day you are a hero, you may become a villain the next day.
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The most interesting information I can have about a competitor is the cost.
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Regulations about environments are going to get tougher and tougher.
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I mean, when you're a pioneer and you are at the forefront of an offensive, you're going to be the most optimistic person.
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Good is somebody who delivered and allowed the company to overcome obstacles, without leaving a profound impact on its culture. Great is somebody who leads his company to achievements and performance and value that nobody was expecting it had.
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I think that the best training a top manager can be engaged in is management by example.
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Profit is the most global aspect of a business, and it is cross-functional.
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Design is important, it's an important dimension in the car. It's not the only one.
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You don't implement change easily in Japan unless you explain very clearly why you need to do this change, how you're going to do this change and what's going to be the outcome of this change. If you offset or you forget to explain one of these three steps you're not going to do it.
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We are not making a capital investment into GM as the first element or condition.
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I approve designs not because I think I am more gifted or somebody who can see ahead three or four years from now, but just to make sure that the design is a logical, rational decision, taken after analyzing pros and cons.
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