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I heard a story about Pepsi (dont recall the names), where an executive made a decisiom that lost them 10 Million dollars. The CEO called the executive into his office... The executive shuffled into the office, head down, and meekly said, I guess you called me in here to fire me." To which the CEO replied, "FIRE YOU?! I just spent $10,000,000 educating you!


I recall that from Thomas Watson Jr's autobiography about his life working for his father at IBM.

https://www.amazon.com/Father-Son-Co-Life-Beyond-ebook/dp/B0...




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