I read every annual letter Jeff Bezos published at Amazon.

It's a masterclass on strategy & leadership.

11 critical insights from a legendary leader:

1/ Move Fast

Bezos understood the importance of moving quickly.

Especially as Amazon grew.

To survive as a large company, you have to move at the pace of a startup.

If not, you'll die.
2/ Don't Sweat Reversible Decisions

Some problems require long thought and deliberation.

But many don't.

If a decision is easily reversible, Bezos thought they should be made quickly by "high judgement individuals or small groups."
3/ Stay Terrified... Of Your Customers

In the 1998 letter, Bezos remarked that it was Amazon's customers and not competition that should be feared.

He understood that Amazon was providing a service.

Amazon to this day has unmatched service to their customers.
4/ Focus On Inputs

Amazon constantly focused on things that they had input on.

-# of products available
-# of items available for Prime shipping

The focus on the inputs (what Amazon could control) led to the outputs Wall Street looked for.
5/ Long Term Mindset

In the 1st letter on the 1st page, long term mindset is mentioned.

It would remain a theme throughout and something the company stuck to.

Even forgoing profitability to invest back into the company for long term results.
6/ Plant Seeds and Wait

Many companies have shiny new object syndrome.

Amazon isn't different.

But they knew for seeds to grow, it took patience.

Amazon fulfillment center and AWS were both started as seed projects at Amazon.
7/ Talent Is King

The 3 questions before making a hiring decision for an employee at Amazon:

-Will you admire this person?

-Will this person raise the average level of effectiveness of the group they’re entering?

-Along what dimension might this person be a superstar?
8/ Be Customer Centric

In the early days, many vendors wondered why Amazon would allow customers to publish negative reviews.

Simply, Amazon knew it would improve the customer experience.

Better products would ultimately end up in the customers hands.
9/ Ownership MentalityBe

Bezos knew that if he wanted the company to focus on long-term results, ownership mentality was key.

Autonomy is given at Amazon to ensure that employees feel some sense of ownership.

It is the only way to remove the bias of short term results.
10/ In Lean Times, Build A Cash Moat

May be relevant very soon as fears raise around the risk of recession.

Amazon was able to weather the dot com bubble by building cash reserves.

A tight cash conversion cycle was critical in 2000 & 2001.
11/ Wandering is a Counterbalance to Efficiency

Many businesses are great at executing set plans.

But that is not where innovation is sparked.

Ideas are sparked by wanderers.

Amazon aimed to be a see-saw with wandering on one end and efficiency on the other.
I highly recommend reading the Amazon letters.

You can find them on Google and total there are only about 80 pages.

I'm currently reading Berkshire and that's around 900 pages.
TL;DR

1/ Move Fast
2/ Don't Sweat Reversible Decisions
3/ Stay Terrified of Customers
4/ Focus On Inputs
5/ Long-Term Mindset
6/ Plant Seeds & Wait
7/ Talent Is King
8/ Be Customer Centric
9/ Owner's Mentality
10/ Build A Cash Moat
11/ Wander but Be Efficient
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He has been wrong (or lying) so often that it will be nearly impossible for me to track every grift, lie, deceit, manipulation he has pulled. I will use...


... other sources who have been trying to shine on light on this grifter (as I have tried to do, time and again:


Example #1: "Still not seeing Sweden signal versus Denmark really"... There it was (Images attached).
19 to 80 is an over 300% difference.

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Example #2 - "Yes, I'm comparing the Noridcs / No, you cannot compare the Nordics."

I wonder why...

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Example #3 - "I'm only looking at what makes the data fit in my favour" a.k.a moving the goalposts.

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#தினம்_ஒரு_திருவாசகம்
தொல்லை இரும்பிறவிச் சூழும் தளை நீக்கி
அல்லல் அறுத்து ஆனந்தம் ஆக்கியதே – எல்லை
மருவா நெறியளிக்கும் வாதவூர் எங்கோன்
திருவாசகம் என்னும் தேன்

பொருள்:
1.எப்போது ஆரம்பித்தது என அறியப்படமுடியாத தொலை காலமாக (தொல்லை)

2. இருந்து வரும் (இரும்)


3.பிறவிப் பயணத்திலே ஆழ்த்துகின்ற (பிறவி சூழும்)

4.அறியாமையாகிய இடரை (தளை)

5.அகற்றி (நீக்கி),

6.அதன் விளைவால் சுகதுக்கமெனும் துயரங்கள் விலக (அல்லல் அறுத்து),

7.முழுநிறைவாய்த் தன்னுளே இறைவனை உணர்த்துவதே (ஆனந்த மாக்கியதே),

8.பிறந்து இறக்கும் காலவெளிகளில் (எல்லை)

9.பிணைக்காமல் (மருவா)

10.காக்கும் மெய்யறிவினைத் தருகின்ற (நெறியளிக்கும்),

11.என் தலைவனான மாணிக்க வாசகரின் (வாதவூரெங்கோன்)

12.திருவாசகம் எனும் தேன் (திருவா சகமென்னுந் தேன்)

முதல்வரி: பிறவி என்பது முன்வினை விதையால் முளைப்பதோர் பெருமரம். அந்த ‘முன்வினை’ எங்கு ஆரம்பித்தது எனச் சொல்ல இயலாது. ஆனால் ‘அறியாமை’ ஒன்றே ஆசைக்கும்,, அச்சத்துக்கும் காரணம் என்பதால், அவையே வினைகளை விளைவிப்பன என்பதால், தொடர்ந்து வரும் பிறவிகளுக்கு, ‘அறியாமையே’ காரணம்

அறியாமைக்கு ஆரம்பம் கிடையாது. நமக்கு ஒரு பொருளைப் பற்றிய அறிவு எப்போதிருந்து இல்லை? அதைச் சொல்ல முடியாது. அதனாலேதான் முதலடியில், ஆரம்பமில்லாத அஞ்ஞானத்தை பிறவிகளுக்குக் காரணமாகச் சொல்லியது. ஆனால் அறியாமை, அறிவின் எழுச்சியால், அப்போதே முடிந்து விடும்.

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