It's perfectly healthy-encouraged, even- to have an idea tomorrow that contradicted your idea today Jeff Bezos More Quotes by Jeff Bezos More Quotes From Jeff Bezos 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 regretmotivationinspiring What's dangerous is not to evolve. Jeff Bezos dangerousevolve We are our choices. Build yourself a great story. Jeff Bezos our-choiceschoicesstories Do something you're very passionate about, and don't try to chase what is kind of the "hot passion" of the day. Jeff Bezos passionhottrying 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 innovationwaythinking 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 percentagesdollarswhat-matters It's not an experiment if you know it's going to work. Jeff Bezos experimentsgoing-to-workinspirational 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. Jeff Bezos educationalsuccessfulyears The Net is pretty cool, but the physical world is the best medium ever. Jeff Bezos mediumsworld 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 businesssuccessjobs Go to bed early and wake up early. The morning hours are good. Jeff Bezos up-earlybedmorning If you're not doing something that people will remark on, then it's going to be hard to generate word of mouth. Jeff Bezos word-of-mouthmouthspeople If you're not stubborn, you'll give up on experiments too soon. And if you're not flexible, you'll pound your head against the wall and you won't see a different solution to a problem you're trying to solve. Jeff Bezos wisdominspiringinspirational My view is there's no bad time to innovate. Jeff Bezos bad-timesviews If you build a great product or service, people will talk about it. But it starts with having something that's worth talking about. Jeff Bezos productstalkingpeople Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Jeff Bezos clevernesschoiceskindness Word of mouth is very powerful. Jeff Bezos word-of-mouthpowerfulmouths 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 complainingwindworld If you make customers unhappy in the physical world, they might each tell 6 friends. If you make customers unhappy on the Internet, they can each tell 6,000 friends. Jeff Bezos mediabusinessinspirational Though we are optimistic, we must remain vigilant and maintain a sense of urgency. Jeff Bezos vigilantsense-of-urgencyoptimistic
