Jeff Bezos Quotes

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• I knew that if I failed I wouldn't regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.

  Jeff Bezos

  Inspiring, Motivation, Regret

  "King of Cyber-Commerce". Interview, www.achievement.org. May 4, 2001.

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• We can't be in survival mode. We have to be in growth mode.

  Jeff Bezos

  Inspirational, Success, Business

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• Everything you are comes from your choices.

  Jeff Bezos

  Life, Choices

  "We Are What We Choose". Commencement speech to Princeton's Class of 2010, www.businessinsider.in. May 30, 2010.

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• The smartest people are constantly revising their understanding, reconsidering a problem they thought they’d already solved. They’re open to new points of view, new information, new ideas, contradictions, and challenges to their own way of thinking.

  Jeff Bezos

  Thinking, Ideas, Views

  "Some advice from Jeff Bezos" by Jason Fried, signalvnoise.com. October 19, 2012.

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• Life's too short to hang out with people who aren't resourceful.

  Jeff Bezos

  Inspirational, Motivation, People

  "Jeff Bezos' Wife Trashes The New Book On Amazon, Gives It 1 Star, Says The Author Got Lots Of Facts Wrong" by Jay Yarow, www.businessinsider.com. November 4, 2013.

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• Your brand is what people say about you when you're not in the room

  Jeff Bezos

  Business, People, Marketing

  "Why America’s #1 Business Advantage is Being Ravaged by Cultural Shifts and Social Media" by Emad Rizkalla, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 23, 2016.

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• Work hard, have fun and make history.

  Jeff Bezos

  Fun, Hard Work, Productivity

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• Obsess about customers, not competitors.

  Jeff Bezos

  Competitors, Customers

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• One of the huge mistakes people make is that they try to force an interest on themselves. You don't choose your passions; your passions choose you.

  Jeff Bezos

  Mistake, Passion, Young Entrepreneurs

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• If you are going to do large-scale invention, you have to be willing to do three things: You must be willing to fail; you have to be willing to think long term; and you have to be willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time.

  Jeff Bezos

  Perseverance, Thinking, Long

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• We are our choices. Build yourself a great story.

  Jeff Bezos

  Choices, Stories, Our Choices

  Jeff Bezos' Commencement Address at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, www.princeton.edu. May 30, 2010.

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• People who are right most of the time are people who change their minds often

  Jeff Bezos

  Inspirational, People, Mind

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• We are stubborn on vision. We are flexible on details.

  Jeff Bezos

  Inspirational, Vision, Details

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• If you never want to be criticized, for goodness sake don't do anything new.

  Jeff Bezos

  Motivation, Business, Inspiration

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• If you don't understand the details of your business you are going to fail.

  Jeff Bezos

  Entrepreneur, Details, Failing

  "What Would Jeff and Steve Say?" by Terence Roche, gonzobanker.com. March 17, 2014.

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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?

  Jeff Bezos

  Success, Business, Entrepreneur

  "Jeff Bezos Owns the Web in More Ways Than You Think". Interview with Steven Levy, www.wired.com. November 13, 2011.

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• If you do build a great experience, customers tell each other about that. Word of mouth is very powerful.

  Jeff Bezos

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  "Online Extra: Jeff Bezos on Word-of-Mouth Power". Interview with Robert D. Hof, www.bloomberg.com. August 2, 2004.

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• Where you are going to spend your time and your energy is one of the most important decisions you get to make in life.

  Jeff Bezos

  Decision, Important, Energy

  "I Asked Jeff Bezos The Tough Questions - No Profits, The Book Controversies, The Phone Flop - And He Showed Why Amazon Is Such A Huge Success". Interview with Henry Blodget, www.businessinsider.com. December 13, 2014.

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• Entrepreneurs must be willing to be misunderstood for long periods of time.

  Jeff Bezos

  Long, Entrepreneur, Misunderstood

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• Determine what your customers need, and work backwards.

  Jeff Bezos

  Needs, Inventory, Backwards

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• Above all else, align with customers. Win when they win. Win only when they win.

  Jeff Bezos

  Winning, Design, Win Win

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• 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

  Wind, World, Complaining

  "Jeff Bezos: A Down-to-Earth CEO Reaching for the Stars" by Joanna Stern, abcnews.go.com. September 25, 2013.

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• 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

  Business, Second Chance, Two

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Be proud of your choices, not your gifts.

  Jeff Bezos

  Choices, Proud, Be Proud

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• It's hard to find things that won't sell online.

  Jeff Bezos

  Business, Digital Age, Digital Marketing

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