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“Commercialism is doing well that which should not be done at all.”

“Until I came to IBM, I probably would have told you that culture was just one among several important elements in any organization's makeup and success - along with vision, strategy, marketing, financials, and the like... I came to see, in my time at IBM, that culture isn't just one aspect of the game, it is the game. In the end, an organization is nothing more than the collective capacity of its people to create value.”

“If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.”

“Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.”

“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”

“The biggest risk is not taking any risk... In a world that changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.”

“No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you're playing a solo game, you'll always lose out to a team.”

“None of this means, however, that a business or stock is an intelligent purchase simply because it is unpopular; a contrarian approach is just as foolish as a follow-the-crowd strategy. What's required is thinking rather than polling. Unfortunately, Bertrand Russell's observation about life in general applies with unusual force in the financial world: "Most men would rather die than think. Many do."”