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Jeff Bezos, born January 12, 1964, is the founder of Amazon.com, Inc., which he launched on July 5, 1994. Under his leadership, Amazon transformed from an online bookstore into the world's largest online retailer and a key player in cloud computing through Amazon Web Services (AWS). more Jeff Bezos, born January 12, 1964, is the founder of Amazon.com, Inc., which he launched on July 5, 1994. Under his leadership, Amazon transformed from an online bookstore into the world's largest online retailer and a key player in cloud computing through Amazon Web Services (AWS). In 2000, Bezos founded Blue Origin, a company focused on developing technologies to enable private human access to space. Notably, in 2013, he purchased The Washington Post for $250 million, revitalizing its digital presence and expanding its readership. Bezos held the title of the world's richest person multiple times, with Forbes listing his net worth at over $200 billion in 2021. less

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"One advantage — perhaps a somewhat subtle one — of a customer-driven focus is that it aids a certain type of proactivity. When we're at our best, we don't wait for external pressures. We are internally driven to improve our services, adding benefits and fe"
Tags: Business strategy, Proactivity, Customer service, Organizational behavior, Service improvement
"We invent before we have to. These investments are motivated by customer focus rather than by reaction to competition. We think this approach earns more trust with customers and drives rapid improvements in customer experience – importantly – even in those"
Tags: Innovation, Competition, Customer focus, Customer experience, Business philosophy
"We don't focus on the optics of the next quarter; we focus on what is going to be good for customers."
Tags: Business strategy, Customer satisfaction, Customer focus, Business philosophy, Sustainable growth
"The balance of power is shifting toward consumers and away from companies… The right way to respond to this if you are a company is to put the vast majority of your energy, attention and dollars into building a great product or service and put a smaller am"
Tags: Innovation, Business strategy, Product development, Customer focus, Service improvement
"The best customer service is if the customer doesn’t need to call you, doesn’t need to talk to you. It just works."
Tags: Efficiency, Business strategy, Customer service, Customer satisfaction, User experience
"Luck plays an outsized role in every endeavor, and I can assure you we’ve had a bountiful supply."
Tags: Abundance, Luck, Life experience, Fortune, Endeavor
"You have to pay a price for your distinctiveness, and it’s worth it. The fairy tale version of ‘be yourself’ is that all the pain stops as soon as you allow your distinctiveness to shine. That version is misleading. Being yourself is worth it, but don’t ex"
Tags: Personal growth, Personal development, Individuality, Authenticity, Acceptance
"We all know that distinctiveness – originality – is valuable. We are all taught to “be yourself. What I’m really asking you to do is to embrace and be realistic about how much energy it takes to maintain that distinctiveness. The world wants you to be typi"
Tags: Self-awareness, Individuality, Authenticity, Self-expression, Self-identity
"If I have three good decisions a day, that’s enough. They should just be as high quality as I can make them."
Tags: Personal growth, Self-improvement, Mindfulness, Productivity, Decision making
"Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy -- they're given after all. Choices can be hard."
Tags: Personal growth, Inspiration, Empathy, Kindness, Morality
"In the end, we are our choices. Build yourself a great story."
Tags: Motivation, Personal growth, Inspiration, Self-awareness, Self-determination
"Life's too short to hang out with people who aren't resourceful."
Tags: Personal growth, Self-improvement, Wisdom, Inspirational, Life advice
"People who are right a lot listen a lot, and they change their mind a lot. People who are right a lot change their mind without a lot of new data. They wake up and reanalyze things and change their mind. If you don’t change your mind frequently, you’re goi"
Tags: Self-improvement, Personal development, Introspection, Decision making, Growth mindset
"The smartest people are constantly revising their understanding, reconsidering a problem they thought they'd already solved. They're open to new points of view, new information, new ideas, contradictions, and challenges to their own way of thinking."
Tags: Self-improvement, Innovation, Critical thinking, Growth mindset, Open-mindedness
"Where you are going to spend your time and your energy is one of the most important decisions you get to make in life."
Tags: Self-improvement, Personal development, Productivity, Time management, Goal setting
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