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Japanese tend to put sales and market share first. They make many products with the aim of raising sales. But then profits decline, and companies find themselves falling into debt... I changed the mindset at Canon by getting people to realize that profits come first. ”
Only one country and one system is unable to recognize our accomplishments: Russia. They make the lying claim that our road construction program is only on paper. ”
What is great in man is that he is a bridge and not a goal. ”
The aphorism in which I am the first master among Germans, are the forms of 'eternity'; my ambition is to say in ten sentences what everyone else says in a book - what everyone else does not say in a book. ”
It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book. ”
Many are stubborn in pursuit of the path they have chosen, few in pursuit of the goal. ”
To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity. ”
I am comfortable giving people direction. If something is not good enough, my job is to find a way to help them learn from their mistake, and understand that next time I expect better. ”
Going to school, sort of not realising that caring about things was going to make me stand out and make me weird, and I think also being a redhead and being tall, bigger than the other kids... Anything that makes you different at school makes you a target. ”
There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use. ”