To get something new done you have to be stubborn and focused, to the point that others might find unreasonable.
To get something new done you have to be stubborn and focused, to the point that others might find unreasonable.

Similar Jeff Bezos quotes:
Other Entrepreneurship :
- Entrepreneurship is neither a science nor an art. It is a practice.
- Hey, if we’re going to make things in our life, we might as well make them beautiful.
- Act and fail, but don’t fail to act.
- Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
- For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through.
- Courage doesn’t mean you don’t get afraid. Courage means you don’t let fear stop you.
- We have essentially no patents in SpaceX. If we published patents, it would be farcical, because the Chinese would just use them as a recipe book.
- Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.
- Act like a champion, and then become one.
- Focus does not mean saying yes, it means saying no.
- Building your dreams is the only way not to work for someone else’s dreams.
- Success is determined by how best you can utilize your time
- The more customers you keep, the fewer customers you have to find.
- An entrepreneur in debt is an entrepreneur in business.
- GRATITUDE changes ATTITUDE in an instant.
- A business shines brightest when its people are working on problems bigger than themselves
- I strongly believe that missionaries make better products. They care more. For a missionary, it’s not just about the business.
- One life is enough to change this world
- What are you doing to serve your customers a little more every day?
- Seek advice on taking risk from a capitalist and not from a gambler.