To get something new done you have to be stubborn and focused, to the point that others might find unreasonable.
JEFF BEZOSOur biggest cost is not power, or servers, or people. It’s lack of utilization. It dominates all other costs.
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Invention requires a long-term willingness to be misunderstood.
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What’s dangerous is not to evolve.
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My view is there’s no bad time to innovate.
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Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind?
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If you never want to be criticized, for goodness sake don’t do anything new.
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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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If you’re not stubborn, you’ll give up on experiments too soon. And if you’re not flexible, you’ll pound your head against the wall and you won’t see a different solution to a problem you’re trying to solve.
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We got to talk about how lucky we are to have such amazing parents. They’ve always been and still are role models and mentors for us.
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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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It’s hard to find things that won’t sell online.
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There’ll always be serendipity involved in discovery.
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We change our tools and then our tools change us.
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If you want to be inventive, you have to be willing to fail.
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If your customer base is aging with you, then eventually you are going to become obsolete or irrelevant. You need to be constantly figuring out who are your new customers and what are you doing to stay forever young.
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I think if people read more, that is a better world.
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