It cant be done, engineers might tell him. It has to be done, Watson would order, and often it could be. With this approach Watson brought out the best in his menin his engineers, for example. He believed that engineering, like salesmanship, depended not only on laws but on will. For him the first principle of science, as well as the first principle of the world of men, was enthusiasm. Build it, he would order his engineers arbitrarily. And when they did, the machine often seemed to be a triumph of Dale Carnegie over Newton.
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Within us all there are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise. Then oftentimes we find that it is comparatively simple to double or treble our former capacities and to amaze ourselves by the results achieved. Quotas, when set up for us by others, are challenges which goad us on to surpass ourselves. The outstanding leaders of every age are those who set up their own quotas and constantly exceed them.Thomas J. Watson
'If you are loyal you are successful,' ruminated the company paper at one time. 'All useful work is raised to the plane of art when love for the taskloyaltyis fused with the effort. Loyalty is the great lubricant of life. It saves the wear and tear of making daily decisions as to what is best to do. The man who is loyal to his work is not wrung nor perplexed by doubts, he sticks to the ship, and if the ship founders he goes down like a hero with colors flying at the masthead and the band playing.'
Thomas J. Watson
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
THINK. Think about your appearance, associations, actions, ambitions, accomplishment.
Thomas J. Watson
Less than three weeks before his death, in one of Watsons last public statements about his company, he observed It's this family spiritcombined with vision and faiththat has been responsible, perhaps more than anything else, for IBM's success.
Thomas J. Watson
Make time your ally and time will make you.
Thomas J. Watson
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