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The Jeff Bezos School of Long-Term Thinking
Jeff Bezos once said:
“If everything you do needs to work on a three-year time horizon, then you’re competing against a lot of people. But if you’re willing to invest on a seven-year time horizon, you’re now competing against a fraction of those people, because very few companies are willing to do that.... See more
“At Amazon we like things to work in five to
Pre-gaming Cold Emails - Cup of Zhou
Jeff Bezos on how to delegate some types of decisions (2-way doors), while spending majority of your time & resources on the others (1-way doors):
“Some decisions are consequential and irreversible – one-way doors – and these decisions must be made methodically, carefully, slowly, with great deliberation and consultation. We can call these Type
... See moreJeff Bezos , founder of Amazon, on the importance of what’s not going to change:
“I very frequently get the question: ‘What's going to change in the next 10 years?' And that is a very interesting question; it's a very common one.
“I almost never get the question: ‘What's not going to change in the next 10 years?' And I submit to you that that second ... See more
“I very frequently get the question: ‘What's going to change in the next 10 years?' And that is a very interesting question; it's a very common one.
“I almost never get the question: ‘What's not going to change in the next 10 years?' And I submit to you that that second ... See more
James Clear • 3-2-1: On comparison, consistency, and what’s not going to change
My guess is that Amazon’s success is a byproduct, a side-effect of a process driven, flexible, in-the-moment way of being. In the famous 1997 letter to shareholders, which lays out Amazon’s philosophy, Bezos says that their process is simple: a “relentless focus on customers.” This is not a goal to be strived for, worked towards, achieved, and the
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