#229 Sidney Harman (Founder of Harman Kardon)

I am eighty four years old as I write this book. I do it because I believe Finally, that the time is right. I had not intended this to be an autobiography. But as it developed.

The book has unavoidably taken on some of the characters of a memoir. Still. I feel that my sixty years in business have yielded some valuable lessons about management and people. That are worth passing on. Those lessons debunk

Much of business orthodoxy. Much of business dogma. I recognize that my life would be far less interesting were Harman International a struggling company. In fact It is very successful.

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