Jeff Bezos Decision Quotations

We'd like to thank Joe for his hard work and accomplishments over the last year. I believe he is making the right decision for him and his family under the circumstances. We all wish him the very best.

We try to be a pure investment and a long-term decision making company. No company cares more about profitability than Amazon.com. But I also want to make the most of our opportunity and we would hate to be short-sighted about that,

Where you are going to spend your time and your energy is one of the most important decisions you get to make in life.

Our point of view is we will sell more if we help people make purchasing decisions.

For every leader in the company, not just for me, there are decisions that can be made by analysis. These are the best kinds of decisions!

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.

The great thing about fact-based decisions is that they overrule the hierarchy.