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The biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee how to fail intelligently. We have to train him to experiment over and over and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work.
Charles Kettering
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The biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee how to fail intelligently. We have to train him to experiment over and over and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work. — Charles Kettering

About Charles Kettering

Charles Kettering was a Inventor from United States (1876–1958).

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This quote is attributed to Charles Kettering, a Inventor from United States.
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Charles Kettering lived from 1876 – 1958.
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