Everything we earn we need as a reserve. Ingvar Kamprad More Quotes by Ingvar Kamprad More Quotes From Ingvar Kamprad If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example. I have to do so for all the Ikea employees. Ingvar Kamprad ikea business leadership I'm not afraid of turning 80 and I have lots of things to do. I don't have time for dying. Ingvar Kamprad not-afraid positive-thinking dying I could have an office all to myself but since my collaborators don’t have one, then I too am contented to have a desk in a shared room. Ingvar Kamprad desks office rooms I'm stingy and I'm proud of the reputation. Ingvar Kamprad proud sarcastic funny How can I ask people who work for me to travel cheaply if I am traveling in luxury? Ingvar Kamprad luxury example people Ikea people do not drive flashy cars or stay at luxury hotels. Ingvar Kamprad ikea luxury stay-strong People say I am cheap, and I don't mind if they do. Ingvar Kamprad ifs mind people Simple routine have a greater impact. It is not just to cut costs that we avoid luxury hotels. We do not need fancy cars, posh titles, tailor made uniforms or other status symbols. Ingvar Kamprad luxury cutting simple We have to still develop the IKEA group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia. Ingvar Kamprad ikea groups russia How the hell can I ask people who work for me to travel cheaply if I travel in luxury? It's a question of good leadership. Ingvar Kamprad good me leadership work Normally, I try to get my haircut when I'm in a developing country. Last time, it was in Vietnam. Ingvar Kamprad haircut try time country Our idea is to serve everybody, including people with little money. Ingvar Kamprad serve little money people My theory was that good furniture could be priced so that the man with the flat wallet would be attracted to it, would make a place for it in his spending, and could afford it. Ingvar Kamprad place good man furniture I am very proud to follow the rules of our company. Ingvar Kamprad follow rules i-am proud I decided that the stock market was not an option for IKEA. I knew that only a long-term perspective could secure our growth plans, and I didn't want IKEA to become dependent on financial institutions. Ingvar Kamprad stock-market perspective growth want If we want to be cost-conscious, we should do it, not just talk about how cost-conscious we are. Ingvar Kamprad talk how just want When the first million came in, I felt, 'My God, now I'm really independent.' That was a fantastic experience. Ingvar Kamprad now independent experience god It is in the nature of Smaland to be thrifty. Ingvar Kamprad thrifty nature The company will never go to the market. We want to keep strict self-financing. Ingvar Kamprad will never go want We have always looked at taxes as a cost, just as any other cost that comes with doing business. Ingvar Kamprad doing just always business
