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May 2024
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10 Incredible Mental Models of Jeff Bezo...

Growth Mindset Psychology
About this episode

Decision frameworks and strategies that drive innovation and growth.

Jeff Bezos built Amazon which made him the world's richest man. He's had a lot of luck but has consistently stuck to a core group of philosophies and mental models that drive the decisions behind his incredible success.

Amazon is more than just an e-commerce juggernaut but a builder of entire ecosystems such as the cloud computing industry (AWS), the e-publishing industry (Kindle) and the world of home devices that talk to each other and you (Alexa).

The stories behind these innovations show how to build a culture of growth and inventiveness full of Growth Mindset lessons.


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Sam Webster Harris explores the psychology of happiness, satisfaction, purpose, and growth through the lens of self-improvement.

Success and happiness is a state of mind unique to ourselves and is our responsibility to create.


Chapters

00:00 #1 Thinking in Primitives

02:52 The Power of Mental Models

03:48 Story - How AWS began

06:27 #2 Customer-Centric Obsession

08:08 Story - Why they built Amazon Prime

10:06 #3 Long Term Thinking

11:22 Story - Launching the Kindle and e-publishing industry

14:05 Willingness to be Misunderstood

14:45 #4 Team - Single Threaded Leadership

15:53 #5 Team - Employ and Empower Builders

16:59 Culture - Meetings are for Decisions

17:58 #6 High-Velocity Decision making - Reversible vs Irreversible Decisions

20:32 #7 Regret Minimization Framework

22:09 Disagree and Commit

23:19 #8 Embrace Failure

24:01 Total Fails - Amazon Fire Phone, Amazon Wallet, Amazon Destinations, Amazon Restaurants

26:19 Importance of Timing and Competition

28:33 #9 Day 1 Thinking

31:15 Useful Bonus points

31:23 Flywheel effect

31:51 Word of Mouth Marketing

32:48 Opposing Belief - Ignoring vs Crushing Competition

34:56 #10 Opposing Belief - Stubborn and Flexible

35:32 Applied to Growth Mindset thinking

39:30 Wrap up

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