Do you want to succeed? Then, double you rate of failure. Success lies on the far side of failure.
Thomas J. WatsonWhen asked how to achieve success more rapidly, came the quick reply, 'Double your failure rate'.
Thomas J. WatsonYou don't hear things that are bad about your company unless you ask. It is easy to hear good tidings, but you have to scratch to get the bad news.
Thomas J. WatsonThe 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.
Thomas J. WatsonNothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.
Thomas J. WatsonOnce an organization loses its spirit of pioneering and rests on its early work, its progress stops.
Thomas J. WatsonAll the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work.
Thomas J. WatsonLoyalty saves the wear and tear of making daily decisions as to what is best to do.
Thomas J. WatsonWhenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.
Thomas J. WatsonIt is a common mistake to think of failure as the enemy of success. Failure is a teacher-a harsh one, but the best. Pull your failures to pieces looking for the reason. Put your failure to work for you.
Thomas J. WatsonReally big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous - not just to some people in some circumstances - but to everyone all the time.
Thomas J. WatsonRecently, 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?
Thomas J. WatsonIt was courage, faith, endurance and a dogged determination to surmount all obstacles that built this bridge.
Thomas J. WatsonYou can be discouraged by failure, or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes, make all you can. Because, remember that's where you'll find success - on the far side of failure.
Thomas J. WatsonThe great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
Thomas J. WatsonDesign must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business but above all... good design must primarily serve people.
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