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Undefeated Motivation

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Jeff Bezos Quotes

Undefeated Motivation
“A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.” -Jeff Bezos
“A brand for a company is like a reputation for a person. You earn reputation by trying to do hard things well.” -Jeff Bezos
“Life’s too short to hang out with people who aren’t resourceful.” -Jeff Bezos
“Life’s too short to hang out with people who aren’t resourceful.” -Jeff Bezos
“I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you’re going to innovate.” -Jeff Bezos
“I believe you have to be willing to be misunderstood if you’re going to innovate.” -Jeff Bezos
“If you can’t tolerate critics, don’t do anything new or interesting.” -Jeff Bezos
“If you can’t tolerate critics, don’t do anything new or interesting.” -Jeff Bezos
“We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It’s our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better.” -Jeff Bezos
“We see our customers as invited guests to a party, and we are the hosts. It’s our job every day to make every important aspect of the customer experience a little bit better.” -Jeff Bezos
“The common question that gets asked in business is, ‘why?’ That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, ‘why not?'” -Jeff Bezos
“The common question that gets asked in business is, ‘why?’ That’s a good question, but an equally valid question is, ‘why not?’” -Jeff Bezos
“The best customer service is if the customer doesn’t need to call you, doesn’t need to talk to you. It just works.” -Jeff Bezos
“The best customer service is if the customer doesn’t need to call you, doesn’t need to talk to you. It just works.” -Jeff Bezos
“If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful.” -Jeff Bezos
“If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful.” -Jeff Bezos
“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.” -Jeff Bezos
“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.” -Jeff Bezos
“If you don’t understand the details of your business you are going to fail.” -Jeff Bezos
“If you don’t understand the details of your business you are going to fail.” -Jeff Bezos
“If you’re competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering.” -Jeff Bezos
“If you’re competitor-focused, you have to wait until there is a competitor doing something. Being customer-focused allows you to be more pioneering.” -Jeff Bezos
“We’ve had three big ideas at Amazon that we’ve stuck with for 18 years, and they’re the reason we’re successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient.” -Jeff Bezos
“We’ve had three big ideas at Amazon that we’ve stuck with for 18 years, and they’re the reason we’re successful: Put the customer first. Invent. And be patient.” -Jeff Bezos
“When it comes to space, I see it as my job, I’m building infrastructure the hard way. I’m using my resources to put in place heavy lifting infrastructure so the next generation of people can have a dynamic, entrepreneurial explosion into space.” -Jeff Bezos
“When it comes to space, I see it as my job, I’m building infrastructure the hard way. I’m using my resources to put in place heavy lifting infrastructure so the next generation of people can have a dynamic, entrepreneurial explosion into space.” -Jeff Bezos
“What’s dangerous is not to evolve.” -Jeff Bezos
“What’s dangerous is not to evolve.” -Jeff Bezos
“It’s not an experiment if you know it’s going to work.” -Jeff Bezos
“It’s not an experiment if you know it’s going to work.” -Jeff Bezos
“What consumerism really is, at its worst is getting people to buy things that don’t actually improve their lives.” -Jeff Bezos
“What consumerism really is, at its worst is getting people to buy things that don’t actually improve their lives.” -Jeff Bezos
“I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out.” -Jeff Bezos
“I think frugality drives innovation, just like other constraints do. One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out.” -Jeff Bezos
“Our motto at Blue Origin is ‘Gradatim Ferociter’: ‘Step by Step, Ferociously.'” -Jeff Bezos
“Our motto at Blue Origin is ‘Gradatim Ferociter’: ‘Step by Step, Ferociously.’” -Jeff Bezos
“There’ll always be serendipity involved in discovery.” -Jeff Bezos
“There’ll always be serendipity involved in discovery.” -Jeff Bezos
“The human brain is an incredible pattern-matching machine.” -Jeff Bezos
“The human brain is an incredible pattern-matching machine.” -Jeff Bezos
“The special ops guys and the firefighters around the world have this great phrase. They say, ‘Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast,’ and that is true. Everything I’ve accomplished in my life has been because of that attitude.” -Jeff Bezos
“The special ops guys and the firefighters around the world have this great phrase. They say, ‘Slow is smooth, and smooth is fast,’ and that is true. Everything I’ve accomplished in my life has been because of that attitude.” -Jeff Bezos
“My view is there’s no bad time to innovate.” -Jeff Bezos
“My view is there’s no bad time to innovate.” -Jeff Bezos
“I don’t think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you’re willing to think long-term, because a lot of invention doesn’t work. If you’re going to invent, it means you’re going to experiment, and if you’re going to experiment, you’re going to fail, and if you’re going to fail, you have to think long term.” -Jeff Bezos
“I don’t think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you’re willing to think long-term, because a lot of invention doesn’t work. If you’re going to invent, it means you’re going to experiment, and if you’re going to experiment, you’re going to fail, and if you’re going to fail, you have to think long term.” -Jeff Bezos
“There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We will be the second.” -Jeff Bezos
“There are two kinds of companies, those that work to try to charge more and those that work to charge less. We will be the second.” -Jeff Bezos
“Because, you know, resilience – if you think of it in terms of the Gold Rush, then you’d be pretty depressed right now because the last nugget of gold would be gone. But the good thing is, with innovation, there isn’t a last nugget. Every new thing creates two new questions and two new opportunities.” -Jeff Bezos
“Because, you know, resilience – if you think of it in terms of the Gold Rush, then you’d be pretty depressed right now because the last nugget of gold would be gone. But the good thing is, with innovation, there isn’t a last nugget. Every new thing creates two new questions and two new opportunities.” -Jeff Bezos
“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.” -Jeff Bezos
“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.” -Jeff Bezos
“The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it’s so easy to be motivated.” -Jeff Bezos
“The thing that motivates me is a very common form of motivation. And that is, with other folks counting on me, it’s so easy to be motivated.” -Jeff Bezos
“There are two ways to extend a business. Take inventory of what you’re good at and extend out from your skills. Or determine what your customers need and work backward, even if it requires learning new skills. Kindle is an example of working backward.” -Jeff Bezos
“There are two ways to extend a business. Take inventory of what you’re good at and extend out from your skills. Or determine what your customers need and work backward, even if it requires learning new skills. Kindle is an example of working backward.” -Jeff Bezos
“If you only do things where you know the answer in advance, your company goes away.” -Jeff Bezos
“If you only do things where you know the answer in advance, your company goes away.” -Jeff Bezos
“Humans are unbelievably data efficient. You don’t have to drive 1 million miles to drive a car, but the way we teach a self-driving car is have it drive a million miles.” -Jeff Bezos
“Humans are unbelievably data efficient. You don’t have to drive 1 million miles to drive a car, but the way we teach a self-driving car is have it drive a million miles.” -Jeff Bezos
“I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary, it’s not just about the business. There has to be a business, and the business has to make sense, but that’s not why you do it. You do it because you have something meaningful that motivates you.” -Jeff Bezos
“I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary, it’s not just about the business. There has to be a business, and the business has to make sense, but that’s not why you do it. You do it because you have something meaningful that motivates you.” -Jeff Bezos
“Amazon.com strives to be the e-commerce destination where consumers can find and discover anything they want to buy online.” -Jeff Bezos
“Amazon.com strives to be the e-commerce destination where consumers can find and discover anything they want to buy online.” -Jeff Bezos
“My own view is that every company requires a long-term view.” -Jeff Bezos
“My own view is that every company requires a long-term view.” -Jeff Bezos
“Real estate is the key cost of physical retailers. That’s why there’s the old saw: location, location, location.” -Jeff Bezos
“Real estate is the key cost of physical retailers. That’s why there’s the old saw: location, location, location.” -Jeff Bezos
“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.” -Jeff Bezos
“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.” -Jeff Bezos
“We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines. Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn’t be in this business.” -Jeff Bezos
“We expect all our businesses to have a positive impact on our top and bottom lines. Profitability is very important to us or we wouldn’t be in this business.” -Jeff Bezos
“No matter what your mission is, have some notion in your head. Forget the model, whether it’s government or nonprofit or profit. Ask yourself the more important question: Is my mission improving the world? Are you sure about it? Seek to disconfirm that all the time. And if you can, change your mission.” -Jeff Bezos
“No matter what your mission is, have some notion in your head. Forget the model, whether it’s government or nonprofit or profit. Ask yourself the more important question: Is my mission improving the world? Are you sure about it? Seek to disconfirm that all the time. And if you can, change your mission.” -Jeff Bezos
“On the Internet, companies are scale businesses, characterized by high fixed costs and relatively low variable costs. You can be two sizes: You can be big, or you can be small. It’s very hard to be medium. A lot of medium-sized companies had the financing rug pulled out from under them before they could get big.” -Jeff Bezos
“On the Internet, companies are scale businesses, characterized by high fixed costs and relatively low variable costs. You can be two sizes: You can be big, or you can be small. It’s very hard to be medium. A lot of medium-sized companies had the financing rug pulled out from under them before they could get big.” -Jeff Bezos
“It is very difficult to get people to focus on the most important things when you’re in boom times.” -Jeff Bezos
“It is very difficult to get people to focus on the most important things when you’re in boom times.” -Jeff Bezos
“We have the resources to build room for a trillion humans in this solar system, and when we have a trillion humans, we’ll have a thousand Einsteins and a thousand Mozarts. It will be a way more interesting place to live.” -Jeff Bezos
“We have the resources to build room for a trillion humans in this solar system, and when we have a trillion humans, we’ll have a thousand Einsteins and a thousand Mozarts. It will be a way more interesting place to live.” -Jeff Bezos
“Great industries are never made from single companies. There is room in space for a lot of winners.” -Jeff Bezos
“Great industries are never made from single companies. There is room in space for a lot of winners.” -Jeff Bezos
“I don’t want to use my creative energy on somebody else’s user interface.” -Jeff Bezos
“I don’t want to use my creative energy on somebody else’s user interface.” -Jeff Bezos
“You don’t want to negotiate the price of simple things you buy every day.” -Jeff Bezos
“You don’t want to negotiate the price of simple things you buy every day.” -Jeff Bezos
“Part of company culture is path-dependent – it’s the lessons you learn along the way.” -Jeff Bezos
“Part of company culture is path-dependent – it’s the lessons you learn along the way.” -Jeff Bezos
“The killer app that got the world ready for appliances was the light bulb. So the light bulb is what wired the world. And they weren’t thinking about appliances when they wired the world. They were really thinking about – they weren’t putting electricity into the home. They were putting lighting into the home.” -Jeff Bezos
“The killer app that got the world ready for appliances was the light bulb. So the light bulb is what wired the world. And they weren’t thinking about appliances when they wired the world. They were really thinking about – they weren’t putting electricity into the home. They were putting lighting into the home.” -Jeff Bezos
“I very much believe the Internet is indeed all it is cracked up to be.” -Jeff Bezos
“I very much believe the Internet is indeed all it is cracked up to be.” -Jeff Bezos
“A company shouldn’t get addicted to being shiny, because shiny doesn’t last.” -Jeff Bezos
“A company shouldn’t get addicted to being shiny, because shiny doesn’t last.” -Jeff Bezos
“I have won this lottery. It’s a gigantic lottery, and it’s called Amazon.com. And I’m using my lottery winnings to push us a little further into space.” -Jeff Bezos
“I have won this lottery. It’s a gigantic lottery, and it’s called Amazon.com. And I’m using my lottery winnings to push us a little further into space.” -Jeff Bezos
“We need to know what the resources of the moon are. We have great evidence now because of different kinds of radar and spectroscopic analysis that people have been able to do. But we really do need to go visit there, and we can do that with a robot craft without any problem.” -Jeff Bezos
“We need to know what the resources of the moon are. We have great evidence now because of different kinds of radar and spectroscopic analysis that people have been able to do. But we really do need to go visit there, and we can do that with a robot craft without any problem.” -Jeff Bezos
“I’m skeptical of any mission that has advertisers at its centerpiece.” -Jeff Bezos
“I’m skeptical of any mission that has advertisers at its centerpiece.” -Jeff Bezos
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