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Thomas J. Watson

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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.


— 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


#doing #excellence #get #quit #second

The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.


— Thomas J. Watson


#enthusiasm #great #ideas #man #resulted

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


#between #build #building #customer #destroy

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


#big #circumstances #considerate #courteous #else

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


#ask #bad #bad news #company #easy






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Did you know about Thomas J. Watson?

That phrase became the slogan of both the ICC and IBM. His indignation on making this discovery was such that he quit and moved from his familiar surroundings to the relative metropolis of Buffalo. The company stationery matches scratch pads all bear the inscription THINK.

A leading self-made industrialist he was one of the richest men of his time and was called the world's greatest salesman when he died in 1956. (February 17 1874 – June 19 1956) was the chairman and CEO of International Business Machines (IBM) who oversaw that company's growth into an international force from 1914 to 1956.

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