I knew that if I failed I wouldn’t regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.
JEFF BEZOSPercentage 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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The common question that gets asked in business is, why? That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, why not?
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If you want to be inventive, you have to be willing to fail.
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My view is there’s no bad time to innovate.
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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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Market leadership can translate directly to higher revenue, higher profitability, greater capital velocity and correspondingly stronger returns on invested capital.
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Work hard, have fun and make history.
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To get something new done you have to be stubborn and focused, to the point that others might find unreasonable.
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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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Be proud of your choices, not your gifts.
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Invention is by its very nature disruptive. If you want to be understood at all times, then don’t do anything new.
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You don’t want to negotiate the price of simple things you buy every day.
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If you only do things where you know the answer in advance, your company goes away.
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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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Life’s too short to hang out with people who aren’t resourceful.
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It’s harder to be kind than clever.
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