Building a Business

Jeff Bezos' quote:

"We are stubborn on vision. We are flexible on details. We are long-term optimists and short-term realists."

"Things that aren't doing the thing:

·        Preparing to do the thing isn't doing the thing.

·        Scheduling time to do the thing isn't doing the thing.

·        Making a to-do list for the thing isn't doing the thing.

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Lighthouse Skills:

·        Sales: Sales is the most useful meta-skill for life. No matter what path you choose to go down, you need to learn to sell: Sell yourself, sell your story, sell your product, sell your vision, sell your ideas. My richest friends aren't the ones with the highest IQs. They just know how to

“The most important thing is to stay focused on what matters. Most little things ultimately have no effect on an enterprise. It's the big deals - and the big decisions that do. Don't spend too much time on little things. The important choices and opportunities are the ones that move the dial.”

The simple framework Jeff Bezos used to make faster decisions at Amazon:

“Some decisions are consequential and irreversible or nearly irreversible – one-way doors – and these decisions must be made methodically, carefully, slowly, with great deliberation and consultation. If you walk through and don’t like what you see on the other side, you can’t g

"In theory, consistency is about being disciplined, determined, and unwavering.

In practice, consistency is about being adaptable. Don't have much time? Scale it down. Don't have much energy? Do the easy version. Find different ways to show up depending on the circumstances. Let your habits change shape to meet the demands of the day.

Adaptability is