"Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a…"

Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 training him.

Thomas J. Watson The 4-Hour Workweek

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