All Thomas J. Watson Quotes
Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.
Thomas J. Watson in
Business
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Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.
Thomas J. Watson
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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
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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.
Thomas J. Watson in
Business
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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.
Thomas J. Watson
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Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.
Thomas J. Watson
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Design must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business but above all... good design must primarily serve people.
Thomas J. Watson
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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.
Thomas J. Watson
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The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
Thomas J. Watson
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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.
Thomas J. Watson
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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
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Once an organization loses its spirit of pioneering and rests on its early work, its progress stops.
Thomas J. Watson
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