When asked how to achieve ...

When asked how to achieve success more rapidly, came the quick reply, \'Double your failure rate\'.
When asked how to achieve success more rapidly, came the quick reply, 'Double your failure rate'.
 Thomas J. Watson

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Being self-made is a state of mind, and once you put that mentality to work, your success will come.
 Dave East
A lot of people change for good. Some people just fall off. Just trying to progress in anything, no matter what you're doing, I feel like any progression you make... some people aren't gonna be around you that were around you.
 Dave East
There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.
You have to have the service mentality in the sense that you subjugate your own ego, and you subjugate a large part of your own life to really helping other people, being successful on their behalf.
 Herb Kelleher
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Quotes from the same author

Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.
 Thomas J. Watson
Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.
 Thomas J. Watson
The way to succeed is to double your error rate.
 Thomas J. Watson
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
 Thomas J. Watson
You can be discouraged by failure, or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes, make all you can. Because, remember that's where you'll find success - on the far side of failure.
 Thomas J. Watson