Do something you’re very passionate about, and don’t try to chase what is kind of the “hot passion” of the day.
JEFF BEZOZTo get something new done you have to be stubborn and focused, to the point that others might find unreasonable.
More Jeff Bezos Quotes
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There’ll always be serendipity involved in discovery.
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Percentage margins don’t matter. What matters always is dollar margins: the actual dollar amount. Companies are valued not on their percentage margins, but on how many dollars they actually make, and a multiple of that.
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Where you are going to spend your time and your energy is one of the most important decisions you get to make in life.
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The great thing about fact-based decisions is that they overrule the hierarchy.
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Be proud of your choices, not your gifts.
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If we think long term, we can accomplish things that we couldn’t otherwise accomplish.
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The Net is pretty cool, but the physical world is the best medium ever.
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If you can’t feed a team with two pizzas, it’s too large.
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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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I think if people read more, that is a better world.
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A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.
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Position yourself with something that captures your curiosity, something that you’re missionary about.
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The three most important things in retail are location, location, location. The three most important things for our consumer business are technology, technology, technology.
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It’s not an experiment if you know it’s going to work.
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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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