Invention requires a long-term willingness to be misunderstood.
JEFF BEZOZ
You know, we love stories and we love narrative; we love to get lost in an author’s world.
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Invention requires a long-term willingness to be misunderstood.
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We innovate by starting with the customer and working backwards. That becomes the touchstone for how we invent.
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You have to use your judgment. In cases like that, we say, ‘let’s be simple minded. We know this is a feature that’s good for customers. Let’s do it.
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The human brain is an incredible pattern-matching machine.
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We change our tools and then our tools change us.
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If you have a business model that relies on customers being misinformed, you better start working on changing your business model.
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If you build a great product or service, people will talk about it. But it starts with having something that’s worth talking about.
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Teachers, who are really good create that environment where you can be very satisfied by the process of learning.
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We’ve had three big ideas at Amazon that we’ve stuck with for 18 years, and thy’re the reason we’re successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient.
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Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind?
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Work hard, have fun and make history.
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Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice.
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Every new thing creates two new questions and two new opportunities.
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What we need to do is always lean into the future; when the world changes around you and when it changes against you – what used to be a tail wind is now a head wind – you have to lean into that and figure out what to do because complaining isn’t a strategy.
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If you think about the long term then you can really make good life decisions that you won’t regret later.
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One of the huge mistakes people make is that they try to force an interest on themselves. You don’t choose your passions; your passions choose you.
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