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1894–1989 Japan
Kōnosuke Matsushita (松下 幸之助, 27 November 1894 – 27 April 1989) was a Japanese industrialist who founded Panasonic, which developed into the largest Japanese consumer electronics company.
Japan Business theorists Businesspeople Also known as: Konosuke Matsushita, Kōnosuke Matsushita
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Sometimes the proposals are good; but one must be cautious of tempting offers that may not derive from the best intentions.
Our social mission as a manufacturer is only realized when products reach, are used by, and satisfy the customer... We need to take the customer's skin temperature daily.
Kōnosuke Matsushita in: Nihon Seisansei Honbu (1984)
Recognizing our responsibilities as industrialists, we will devote ourselves to the progress and development of society and the well-being of people through our business activities, thereby enhancing the quality of life throughout the world.
When it rains, you put up an umbrella. That is the secret of success in business and management.
In business as well, if you are to be successful you must always win. An enterprise will grow in accordance with the amount of effort you plow into it.
It is a kind of law of nature. The goal one aims for can rarely be reached by a direct road.
I underlined my conviction that running a business and managing an enterprise were not merely a private concern but a public endeavor.
Anything worth doing is worth 10.
No matter how deep a study you make. What you really have to rely on is your own intuition and when it comes down to it, you really don't know what's going to happen until you do it.
The untrapped mind is open enough to see many possibilities, humble enough to learn from anyone and anything, forbearing enough to forgive all, perceptive enough to see things as they really are, and reasonable enough to judge their true value.
Kōnosuke Matsushita (1989)
In order to do a good job a person must like what he or she is doing... If you do things just because you have to, then you will never enjoy work. Nor will you do a good job if you do it simply out of a sense of duty. Stress is often a by-product of such passive or negative attitudes toward work. Paradoxically as it may sound, love of work can be the best medicine for workaholism.
Kōnosuke Matsushita in: The Mirror (1989)
If it does not grow, even though you are working hard, it is not because of unfavorable circumstances, bad timing, or bad luck. ... of the past has shown, it is during the bad times that the skilled manager lays firm foundations for future growth.
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