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Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 training him. Why would I want somebody to hire his experience?

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Thomas J. Watson
Age: 82 †
Born: 1874
Born: February 17
Died: 1956
Died: June 19
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