Jeff Bezos Quotes About Regret

• I knew that if I failed I wouldn't regret that, but I knew the one thing I might regret is not trying.

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  Jeff Bezos

  Inspiring   Motivation   Regret  

  "King of Cyber-Commerce". Interview, www.achievement.org. May 4, 2001.

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• If you think about the long term then you can really make good life decisions that you won’t regret later.

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  Jeff Bezos

  Regret   Good Life   Thinking  

  "King of Cyber-Commerce". Academy of Achievement interview, www.achievement.org. May 4, 2001.

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• I wanted to project myself forward to age 80 and say, ‘OK, I’m looking back on my life. I want to minimise the number of regrets I have.’ And I knew that when I was 80, I was not going to regret having tried this. I was not going to regret trying to participate in this thing called the Internet that I thought was going to be a really big deal. I knew that if I failed, I wouldn’t regret that. But I knew the one thing I might regret is not ever having tried. I knew that that would haunt me every day.

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  Jeff Bezos

  Regret   Numbers   Age  

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• Am I going to regret leaving Wall Street? No. Will I regret missing the beginning of the Internet? Yes.

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  Jeff Bezos

  Wall   Regret   Missing  

  "The Inner Bezos" by Chip Bayers, www.wired.com. March 1, 1999.

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• The framework I found which made the decision incredibly easy was what I called — which only a nerd would call — a “regret minimization framework.” So, I wanted to project myself forward to age 80 and say, “Okay, now I’m looking back on my life. I want to have minimized the number of regrets I have.”

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  Jeff Bezos

  Regret   Numbers   Decision  

  "King of Cyber-Commerce". Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. May 4, 2001.

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