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Jeff Bezos's thinking on Growth goes deeper than surface-level advice. This curated archive brings together their essential quotes on the subject, revealing patterns and principles you can apply immediately. Each entry includes full source context, allowing you to understand not just what they said, but why it matters. Whether you're navigating challenges or pursuing mastery, these insights offer the mental models you need to think clearly about Growth.
"Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy—they're given after all. Choices can be hard."
"To keep the energy of Day 1, you have to experiment patiently and accept failures."
"In the end, we are our choices. Build yourself a great story."
"Complacency is the enemy of all progress."
"The death knell for any enterprise is to glorify the past."
"Big things start small."
"If you double the number of experiments you do per year you’re going to double your inventiveness."
"The death of a company is when it starts to look at the past and say, 'That's how we did it then.'"
"We can’t be in survival mode. We have to be in growth mode."
"Building a culture of high standards is well worth the effort, and there are many benefits."
"We are willing to plant seeds and wait for them to grow into trees."
"Day 2 is stasis. Followed by irrelevance. Followed by excruciating, painful decline. Followed by death. And that is why it is always Day 1."
"The death of a company is Day 2. Day 2 is stasis. Followed by irrelevance. Followed by excruciating, painful decline."
"One of the only ways to get out of a tight box is to invent your way out."
"In business, what's dangerous is not to evolve."
"If forced to choose between optimizing the appearance of our GAAP accounting and maximizing the present value of future cash flows, we’ll take the cash flows."
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