Quotes by Thomas J. Watson
Thomas J. Watson
American Businessman, Founder of IBM
Lived from: 1899-1956
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A manager is an assistant to his men.
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Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.
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Every time we've moved ahead in IBM, it was because someone was willing to take a chance, put his head on the block, and try something new.
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Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of ''crackpot'' than the stigma of conformity.
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If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go out and play as I did when I was a kid.
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If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.
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Once an organization loses its spirit of pioneering and rests on its early work, its progress stops.
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Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all the time.
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The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
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The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it's very difficult to build and very easy to destroy. The essence of trust building is to emphasize the similarities between you and the customer.
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