Jeff Bezos | Lessons from him | No. - 1

   

Jeff Bezos

Jeff Bezos | Lessons from him | No. - 1 

Be Stubborn and Flexible :-

According to Jeff Bezos, good entrepreneurs must be stubborn and flexible. 

When referring to Amazon, Bezos says, "We are stubborn on vision. We are flexible on details."

Sticking to the vision is the first part, and being flexible about the tactics is the second part.

Bezos adds, "If you are not stubborn, you will give up on experiments too soon. And if you are not flexible, you will pound your head against the wall and you won't see a different solution to a problem you are trying to solve."

There's a challenge in being stubborn and flexible. Bezos warns : "The thing about investing is you have to be both stubborn and flexible, more or less simultaneously. The hard part is figuring out when to be which!"

One of the things I've heard about entrepreneurs is that they are inherently stubborn individuals. They're the "natural leaders" who like to take charge and have things done their way. In this sense, it seems as if they are close minded on both tactical details and vision.

So while having learning leadership skills is good, one of the characteristics that define good entrepreneurs is being flexible on details. Just ask the guy who built a company from 0 employees to over 117,000. He probably knows a few things about leadership.