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Making mistakes is the privilege of the active - of those who can correct their mistakes and put them right.

Ingvar Kamprad

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Ingvar Kamprad
Age: 91 †
Born: 1926
Born: March 30
Died: 2018
Died: January 27
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We have to still develop the IKEA group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.
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Time is your most important resource. You can do so much in ten minutes. Ten minutes once gone is gone for good.
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Simplicity and common sense should characterize planning and strategic direction.
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What is good for our customers is also in the long run good for us.
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Most things remain undone. Glorious future!
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Making mistakes is the privilege of the active. It is always the mediocre people who are negative, who spend their time proving that they were not wrong.
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People say I am cheap, and I don't mind if they do.
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The word impossible has been and must remain deleted from our dictionary.
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I could have an office all to myself but since my collaborators don’t have one, then I too am contented to have a desk in a shared room.
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You can do so much in ten minutes' time. Ten minutes, once gone, are gone for good. Divide your life into 10-minute units and sacrifice as few of them as possible in meaningless activity.
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Everything we earn we need as a reserve.
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We ought to have more women in various management positions, because women are the ones who decide almost everything in the home.
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It was our duty to expand. Those who cannot or will not join us are to be pitied. What we want to do, we can do and will do, together. A glorious future!
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How can I ask people who work for me to travel cheaply if I am traveling in luxury?
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I'm stingy and I'm proud of the reputation.
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Ikea people do not drive flashy cars or stay at luxury hotels.
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Ten minutes are not just one-sixth of your hourly pay ten minutes is a piece of yourself. Divide yourself into ten units and sacrifice as few of them as possible in meaningless activities. Most things still remain to be done.
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Waste of resources is a mortal sin at IKEA.
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