He knew his company's survival was more important than the welfare of any individual, but could just never bring himself to sack people. Since gradually handing the business over to his own children, he says candidly that good management needs a certain skill, but confesses it's a skill that he doesn't possess.
「我知道企業的生存比任何人都重要，但是我就是說不出叫人走路的話來，」逐漸交棒給孩子之後，陶傳正終於可以坦率地表示：「管理需要天分，我想我並不是管理的人才。」