If you hire only those people whom you understand, the company will never get better people than you are.

Soichiro Honda

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Topic

Employees Management Business

Speaker

Soichiro Honda

Source

Honda Motor

Genre

Biography

Language

Japanese

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

Occupation

Industrialist Entrepreneur Businessperson

From

Japan Asia

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Honda, Soichiro. Quoted in Honda Motor: The Men, the Management, the Machines by Tetsuo Sakiya. Kodansha, 1985.

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Time
1987 1980s 20th century
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Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.

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Donald Trump
Source
The Art of the Deal
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
English
Time
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Citation

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The old pond-
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Author

Matsuo Basho
Medium
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Language
Japanese
Time
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Current Citation

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