It is very difficult to get people to focus on the most important things when you’re in boom times.
JEFF BEZOZEverything you are comes from your choices.
More Jeff Bezos Quotes
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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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There’ll always be serendipity involved in discovery.
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We are stubborn on vision. We are flexible on details.
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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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I think if people read more, that is a better world.
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The great thing about fact-based decisions is that they overrule the hierarchy.
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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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I don’t want to use my creative energy on somebody else’s user interface.
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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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Determine what your customers need, and work backwards.
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You know, we love stories and we love narrative; we love to get lost in an author’s world.
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Do something you’re very passionate about, and don’t try to chase what is kind of the “hot passion” of the day.
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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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It’s time to go back to the Moon, this time to stay.
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We are our choices. Build yourself a great story.
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