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Thomas J. Watson
American
Scientist
About the author
Once an organization loses its spirit of pioneering and rests on its early work, its progress stops.
Thomas J. Watson,
American
Scientist
#Work
#Spirit
#Progress
You 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. Watson,
American
Scientist
#News
#Company
Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.
Thomas J. Watson,
American
Scientist
#Time
#Power
#Knowledge
#Wisdom
Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.
Thomas J. Watson,
American
Scientist
#Success
#Progress
#Business
The way to succeed is to double your error rate.
Thomas J. Watson,
American
Scientist
#Succeed
#Error
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.
Thomas J. Watson,
American
Scientist
#Building
#Power
#Trust
#Customer
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.
Thomas J. Watson,
American
Scientist
#Time
#People
#Circumstances
Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.
Thomas J. Watson,
American
Scientist
#Nothing
#Day
#Ability
#Man
Design must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business but above all... good design must primarily serve people.
Thomas J. Watson,
American
Scientist
#People
#Business
#Design
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
Thomas J. Watson,
American
Scientist
#Man
#Ideas
#Enthusiasm
#Accomplishments
All 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. Watson,
American
Scientist
#Work
#Problems
#Thinking
#World
#Trouble
#Men
#Hard work
#Order
If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.
Thomas J. Watson,
American
Scientist
#Want
#Work
#Today
#Excellence
Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.
Thomas J. Watson,
American
Scientist
#Will
#Friends
#Force
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.
Thomas J. Watson,
American
Scientist
#Time
#Chance
Good design is good business.
Thomas J. Watson,
American
Scientist
#Business
#Design
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.
Thomas J. Watson,
American
Scientist
#Fun
#Play
If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good.
Thomas J. Watson,
American
Scientist
#Time
#May
#Man
#Conformity
A manager is an assistant to his men.
Thomas J. Watson,
American
Scientist
#Men
#Manager