Jeff Bezos: Regret Minimization

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4.6 • 943 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2017

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

When Jeff Bezos had the idea to start an online bookstore, he was working in a secure job on Wall Street. The internet was still young, and the average person had never made a purchase online. Bezos knew the chances of his company failing were high, but he also knew that if he didn't take the risk, he'd always regret it. More than 20 years later, regrets are off the table. Amazon.com brings in 135 billion dollars in revenue, and Bezos is one of the wealthiest men in the world. Hear him tell stories about the early days, before Amazon transformed the way we shop, read, watch & listen. (c ) American Academy of Achievement 2017

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0:00.0	I wake up to an alarm clock I ordered from Jeff Bessos. I brush my teeth with an electric
0:08.8	toothbrush I ordered from Jeff Bessos. I grind my coffee beans every morning with a grinder I ordered from Jeff
0:16.9	Basis and then I drink it while reading the Washington Post, now owned by Jeff Bessos.
0:25.0	At night, J.B. provides the movies I watch,
0:30.0	and the pillows I plump before climbing into bed to read books on the Kindle courtesy of you know who.
0:38.0	But let's not forget the middle of the day, what with my grocery trips to Whole Foods which Jeff Bessos recently bought and
0:45.0	the four or five packages he sends to my house each week.
0:49.0	Jeff Bessos is of course the founder and CEO of Amazon, the world's biggest online retailer and then some.
0:59.0	And he is the subject of today's episode of what it takes, a podcast about passion, vision, and perseverance
1:07.2	from the Academy of Achievement.
1:10.0	I'm Alice Winkler.
1:11.2	Had a maid, this child is gifted.
1:15.0	And I heard that enough that I started to believe it.
1:17.0	If you have the opportunity, not a perfect opportunity,
1:21.0	and you don't take it, you may never have another chance.
1:23.8	It all was so clear.
1:25.3	It was just like the picture started to form itself.
1:28.4	There was no way in which a lie could prevail over the truth, darkness over light, death over life.
1:36.0	Every day I wake up and decide.
1:39.0	Today I'm going to love my life.
1:41.0	Decide. My advice is if they're going to break your leg once when you go in that place stay
1:47.5	out of there and then along come these differential experiences that you don't look for, you don't plan for, but boy you better not miss him.
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