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INSPIRATIONAL: The Productive Habits of a Billionaire. Jeff Bezos’s story
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The Productive Habits of a Billionaire
Jeff Bezos’s story
By Fanny Bates

BT 201805 Inspiration 01      世界上有这么一家企业:它让全球最大的零售业者沃尔玛,至2011年第二季为止,连续九季度单店营收下滑;它拥有云端服务产业最大市场占有率,将是云端时代的 “微软”;它在金融海啸期间逆势成长近八成。这家业绩非凡的企业,就是全球最大的线上零售商亚马逊。而贝佐斯(Jeffrey Bezos), 正是它的创办人。他被CNN、《彭博商业周刊》与《连线》称为“乔布斯后第一人”。

      贝佐斯的人生履历也很精彩。1964年,他出生于美国新墨西哥州阿尔布奎克。1986年于美国普林斯顿大学毕业,进入了纽约的一家高新技术开发公司FITEL,主要从事计算机系统开发。1988年, 贝佐斯进入华尔街的Bankers Trust Co,担任副总裁。1990年至1994年,并与他人一起组建套头基金交易管理公司D.E. Shaw & Co,于1992年成为副总裁。1995年7月16日成立Cadabra网络书店,后将Cadabra更名为亚马逊,于1995年7月重新开张。1997年5月股票上市,亚马逊成为了世界上最成功的电子商务网站之一。

     作为全球最成功的企业家之一, 他有很多优点值得我们借鉴。和很多企业家不同的是,他每天都保证自己有充足的睡眠:贝佐斯从未在早上安排会议, 他每天都要睡够八小时。同时,他也是一个敢于承担责任的冒险者。当看到互联网发展的势头时,他毫不犹豫地投入到了这一行业中,并开始在网上卖书,亚马逊就这样诞生了。与此同时,他非常了解如何长期发展自己的产品。除了卖实体书之外,他还有意识的发展了电子书,Kindle就这样出现在了我们的面前。拥有一个幸福美满家庭和优秀企业的他,还有很多值得我们敬佩和学习的地方。下文有更多细节等待你的发现。

BT 201805 Inspiration 02The richest man today, CEO and Co-founder of Amazon is a living example of how our habits can increase our productivity and revolutionize our business. “What’s dangerous is not to evolve,” Jeff Bezos once said in an interview. His statement reflects his own attitude towards success and proves that he is a powerhouse of an entrepreneur and innovator.
 

To become powerful, rich and worthy of people’s respect, you need to evolve. His own business evolved when he decided that being a CEO of the online retail behemoth Amazon is not enough for him. By pursuing his own dreams he has had since childhood, this tech mogul bought the Washington Post and a private rocket ship company, Blue Origin. Sometimes considered having “ice water in his veins,” some people think of him as a ruthless workaholic. It’s true, he does work hard, but his habits and daily routine show that he isn’t addicted to work. Even though he has some tough qualities, his personality reflects courage and big-picture thinking.

BT 201805 Inspiration 051. Get enough sleep

One of the most productive habits which any person can have is getting enough sleep. Jeff Bezos never sets an alarm in the morning nor does he schedule early meetings. He believes that lack of sleep affects the quality of our decision-making and us. He always makes it a point to get enough sleep, at least eight hours every night. Many studies have shown that lack of sleep can increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases and weaken the immune system. While he was working on Wall Street, he brought a sleeping bag to make sure he will have enough rest.
 

2. Fight for your ideas and take risks

Bezos is a risk taker and the person who fights hard for his winning ideas. The Princeton grad wanted to get into the world of e-commerce. After searching the Internet for new business ideas he discovered an increase in the World Wide Web usage. He immediately compiled a list of 20 products which people may find interesting enough to buy. The first thing on his list was books, so he ran with books. In the beginning, he could only buy a book when a buyer ordered it. Soon the growth of sales was exceeding his supplies, and Amazon was born.
 

3. Plan long-term investments

Jeff Bezos is a person who always thinks about long-term investments. He is a big-picture man. When he recognized the potential of Internet trade, Amazon conquered electronics, music and many other products. So he didn’t stop with books and soon Kindle was born and created its own niche. Now Amazon offers cloud computing services to other big businesses, the US government and NASA.
 

He once stated: “I knew that I might sincerely regret not having participated in this thing called the Internet that I thought was going to be a revolutionizing event. When I thought about it that way… it was incredibly easy to make the decision.” His mind never rests on new ideas and currently, he is investing in the 10,000-year clock whose purpose is to last for ten thousand years and give the descendants a sense of perseverance of human race.
 

4. Make your own rules

Bezos always adopts and implements his own rules. He doesn’t want anything to distract him, so he performs his tasks one by one. Even as a child attending the Montessori school, he often refused to move to a new task till he had finished the first one. He once said: I like to do what I'm doing right now. He prefers face-to-face conversation and he even implemented a two-pizza rule, so he won’t be distracted by unnecessary meetings. Basically, he won’t organize or attend a meeting if two pizzas wouldn’t be enough to feed the entire group. His staff doesn’t use PowerPoint Presentations to showcase their ideas but rather write a narrative and distribute to everyone attending the meeting.
 

5. Find your way to relax

Bezos always starts his day by eating a healthy meal with his novelist wife, Mackenzie Bezos. He orders unusual dishes, spends time with his family (one of the reasons why he never schedules early meetings), likes jogging and even washes the dishes after dinner. His daily rituals make him a great husband, a wonderful father, and an ambitious and innovative entrepreneur.
 

Jeff Bezos's unique way of thinking has led him to become the wealthiest man in the world and transformed his inventions into successful business ideas. By focusing on things his inner voice tells him to do, he has evolved into a positive, highly respected role model among businessmen.

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