The richest man in the world and arguably the most successful and business savvy, Jeff Bezos, has shared some inciteful advice with everyone along his journey.
He’s definitely understanding of who succeeds in the business world and there are some clear values that Bezos believes will make you the best you can be in your job.
Embrace risk
To be the best you can, you have to be prepared to fail. Learning the limits of what’s possible and what is not can’t be done by skirting the periphery of risk; you have to dive straight in. Bezos has taken these risks and has a somewhat radical view that if your failures aren’t getting bigger, neither will your successes. Bezos wrote in the company’s annual letter to shareholders last year, saying: “Amazon will be experimenting at the right scale for a company of our size if we occasionally have multibillion-dollar failures.”
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