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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Growth Mindset pod
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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