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Meet The Science Teacher Billionaire Mackenzie Scott Just Married
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Meet The Science Teacher Billionaire Mackenzie Scott Just Married

Following her divorce from Jeff Bezos, the world's second-richest woman has remarried. While we know Mackenzie Scott, let's take a closer look at the man who won her heart.He taught at a storied schoolMackenzie's new husband, Dan Jewett, was a science teacher at Lakeside, an elite institution in Washington State. Its mission is "to develop in intellectually capable young people" the skills needed " to contribute wisdom, compassion, and leadership to a global society."Its alma mater includes Bill Gates and Paul Allen, two childhood friends who would eventually go on to create Microsoft.The prestigious school also recently taught Mackenzie Scott's capable young kids. It is through them that she met Jewett. The two hit it off and the rest is history.He values giving Curiously, Jewett announced the marriage on the Giving Pledge website, where the ultra-rich -- like his wife -- pledge their fortunes to charity.Jewett states that while he might have modest means, he has a big heart."I have been a teacher for the majority of my life, as well as a grateful student of the generosity of those around me"- Dan JewettFor Jewett, this means "passing on resources of all kinds—from time, to energy, to material possessions—when I have had them to give."His struggles inspired himAlthough mostly quiet on his romantic and personal life, he alluded in an online post to "challenging times" and his diverse group of friends.He mentioned the "kind people in my life who supported me through challenging times, showed me grace when I was at my worst, befriended me despite our differences, and offered me a home when I had none."Their kindness has inspired him to pay it forward to others. Rich in valuesHowever, there will always be cynics online, like those on the Wall Street Journal's Facebook page."He must be a great guy, it's obvious she didn't marry him for his money," one commenter said sarcastically.Another chimed in: "He wasted no time putting a ring on that incredibly wealthy finger. I am sure it was just for love."Regardless, Jewett definitely knows how lucky he is, and it has zero to do with dollars."And now, in a stroke of happy coincidence, I am married to one of the most generous and kind people I know"- Dan JewettHe might not billionaire, but Dan Jewett shows that being complex and compassionate can be worth its weight in gold. By that logic, Mackenzie Scott has struck it rich.More inspiring celebrities: Why We Need To Talk About Keanu Reeves’ Girlfriend Alexandra GrantWhat Finally Convinced Jennifer Lopez That She Needed A Divorce From Marc AnthonyWhy Shakira and Gerard Piqué Are Proud To Be An Unconventional CoupleHow Hailey Baldwin Dealt With Being In A Love Triangle Involving Selena Gomez

Jeff Bezos Thinks All Successful People Should Be “Waking Up Every Morning Terrified”
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Jeff Bezos Thinks All Successful People Should Be “Waking Up Every Morning Terrified”

When the world’s richest person offers a nugget of life advice, we’re inclined to take it to heart. Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon and incidentally the world’s richest person, has been advising his top level employees to wake up terrified for years. "I constantly remind our employees to be afraid, to wake up every morning terrified," Bezos wrote in a 1999 shareholder letter. "Our customers have made our business what it is," he continued, "and we consider them to be loyal to us -- right up until the second that someone else offers them a better service." It may sound intense and unrealistic, but when you take a step back, Bezos’ suggestion actually makes a whole lot of sense. Being stagnant in business and life, whether you’re the top company in the world or otherwise, does not give way for success and innovation. In fact, becoming too comfortable with anything is a sure fire way to breed complacency and lose your edge and innovation. [Read about the way Jeff Bezos is redefining work-life balance] "To invent you have to experiment, and if you know in advance that it's going to work, it's not an experiment," Bezos wrote in a 2016 shareholder letter. "Failure and invention are inseparable twins." It turns out that Bezos' ethos isn't far from the truth. According to Harvard Business Review, a certain type of fear is important -- worrying about opportunity costs, personal finance security, or ability to obtain funding for a given venture are all positively associated with an entrepreneur's persistence in pursuing their goals. “It just makes me more aggressive to get this thing going as fast as I can,” one HBR interviewee commented. </p><p>On the other hand, letting the negative type of fear take over can be the kiss of death for a successful business. If fear is stopping you from pursuing your goals -- whether it's a fear of failure or a fear of leaving your comfort zone, you'll have to push through it before you can really capitalize on your hard work. </p><p>Overcoming your fear can be as simple as taking a step back and visualizing what you can become if <a href="/how-to-overcome-your-deepest-fear-to-live-your-dream-life/">fear wasn't stopping you</a>. Once you channel that fear of failure into a the Bezos-approved ambition-fuelled fear, the possibilities are limitless.</p>

Jeff Bezos Says a 'Work-Life Balance' Isn't Ideal, Here’s What He Suggests Doing Instead
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Jeff Bezos Says a 'Work-Life Balance' Isn't Ideal, Here’s What He Suggests Doing Instead

A lot of people are preaching the value of a work-life balance, and the importance of having a life outside of the office in order to be our best at work… but not everyone agrees with the concept. Jeff Bezos is the CEO of Amazon and the richest person alive, so how he feels about work and success is something we should listen to -- and he says that "work-life balance" is actually "debilitating" in an interview with Axel Springer CEO Mathias Dopfner. RELATED: 6 Powerful Things Jeff Bezos Wants You To Know About Success Try work-life harmony instead So what does Bezos recommend instead? "I think work-life harmony is a good framework," Bezos told Thrive Global. "I prefer the word 'harmony' to the word 'balance' because balance tends to imply a strict tradeoff. "In fact, if I'm happy at work, I'm better at home -- a better husband and better father. And if I'm happy at home, I come into work more energized -- a better employee and a better colleague," he told the site. We can get that. So, forget balance, go for harmony. "It actually is a circle; it's not a balance. And I think that is worth everybody paying attention to it," Bezos told Springer. This harmony is important for everyone in your life. "You never want to be that guy -- and we all have a coworker who's that person -- who as soon as they come into a meeting they drain all the energy out of the room. You can just feel the energy go whoosh! You don't want to be that guy. You want to come into the office and give everyone a kick in their step," he said. This isn’t the first time we’ve gotten advice from Bezos regarding overall wellbeing, as he tries to always get the recommended eight hours of sleep each night. "If you shortchange your sleep, you might get a couple of extra 'productive' hours, but that productivity might be an illusion," Bezos explained to Thrive in 2016. "When you're talking about decisions and interactions, quality is usually more important than quantity." So, don't look at it as being at work or at home, or on or off, it's all about harmony, being productive and feeling fulfilled in every area of your life, always! We can feel that.

Jeff Bezos Says He Keeps this Inspiring Quote On His Fridge at All Times
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Jeff Bezos Says He Keeps this Inspiring Quote On His Fridge at All Times

Fridges usually act as the perfect canvas for our post-it notes, family photos, scribbled drawings, and assorted magnets from past travels. If you're an entrepreneur, you most likely have a few motivational quotes stuck to your fridge door too. Turns out you have that in common with none other than Amazon CEO and founder, Jeff Bezos. The billionaire businessman recently revealed his daily source of inspiration by tweeting a photo captioned, "Love this quote. It's been on my fridge for years, and I see it every time I open the door. #Emerson" His tweet was met with both praise and criticism. The latter is largely due to Amazon's conflict with Seattle's new tax to help the city's homeless. Another user clarified that the quote is actually not from Ralph Waldo Emerson, but from American author Bessie A. Stanley in her essay titled, "What constitutes success?" Regardless of whether or not you agree with how Bezos runs his professional and personal affairs, the quote still stands as a true representation of what it means to be successful. How Bezos lives up to his favorite quote There are many lines of this inspirational quote that Jeff Bezos is working hard to fulfill. For one, Amazon is the world's biggest retailer and has undoubtedly improved many aspects of our lives. (Even if you just use it to order dog toys in bulk.) Most recently, Amazon purchased PillPack to allow consumers faster and cheaper access to important medication. And how can we forget the innovation of the Amazon Echo, which has been used in everything from assisting EMTs in ambulances, to teaching children valuable life lessons, and even acting as a health assistant for senior citizens. Bezos is also spending a billion dollars a year of his own money on Blue Origin, his very own space company. While many will argue there is enough to fix on Earth before funding outrageous space adventures, Bezos insists Blue Origin is his "most important work." In an interview with Business Insider, Bezos explained that space exploration was critical for human survival, and that heavy (contaminating) industries could be moved to other planets, leaving Earth to be a clean and residential planet. Not everyone agrees with this approach, but one thing that can be said for sure is that Jeff Bezos is undoubtedly looking to "redeem the social condition" in more ways than we can imagine. How this quote applies to you As you read that quote on Bezos' fridge, what comes up in your mind? Are you working to achieve any of those elements for success? If you're drawing a blank, how can you start today? Jeff Bezos has given plenty of powerful words of advice about achieving success that you can take a look at for motivation. Whatever you choose to do next, do your best to make sure it brings you closer to making the world just a bit better than it was yesterday. That's true success.

Jeff Bezos Reveals the Most Important Skill You Need for Success - and How His Family Inspires Him to Be an Entrepreneur
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Jeff Bezos Reveals the Most Important Skill You Need for Success - and How His Family Inspires Him to Be an Entrepreneur

We all have great days. Maybe we get a raise. Maybe it's our kid's birthday. For Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, a great day can entail making over $12 billion overnight. But Bezos didn't just wake up one day owning Amazon, space company Blue Origin and The Washington Post with a total net worth of $134 billion. It took decades of perseverance through crises and bobbing his way through technological changes to get to this point. It also took a little help from his family. Business Insider just released a fascinating interview with Bezos, in which he talks about the skills that helped him reach success and the positive impact his family has had on his career. From packing up books on the floor in the mid-1990s at the start of Amazon to aiming to launch humans into space with Blue Origin by 2020, Bezos said the main thing that's helped him do it all has been resourcefulness. "Being resourceful. If there's a problem, there's a solution," he said. Finding motivation through family He first learned this lesson while working on a ranch in Texas with his grandfather. Bezos' grandfather as well as the love and support from his family, including his wife Mackenzie, have been extremely influential on his career. "Look, we all get gifts, we get certain things in our life that we're very lucky about," he said. "And one of the most powerful ones is who your early role models are." He added: "When you have loving and supportive people in your life, like MacKenzie, my parents, my grandfather, my grandmother, you end up being able to take risks." While love from your family is unconditional, it helps if you spend some time with them. This is what's often referred to as work-life balance. Bezos doesn't like that term. He goes on trips with his siblings (thanks to his mom who takes care of the kids) and just went on an amazing trip to Norway for a few days with his wife and family. For Bezos, work-life balance is more of a work-life circle. "[...] The reality is, if I am happy at home, I come into the office with tremendous energy. And if I am happy at work, I come home with tremendous energy. It actually is a circle. It's not a balance." Handling risks and criticism If you're an entrepreneur or a business owner, Bezos' advice is to not be scared of your competitors. Instead, be scared of your customers. "Look, you know, it's okay to be afraid, but don't be afraid of our competitors, because they're never going to send us any money. Be afraid of our customers. And if we just stay focused on them, instead of obsessing over this big competitor that we just got, we'll be fine." From criticism about privacy to accusations that he's created a monopoly, Bezos says he invites criticism -- it's part of the game. But at the end of the day, all the risks are worth it. "Life is full of different risks. And I think that, when you think about the things that you will regret when you're 80, they're almost always the things that you did not do."

Jeff Bezos: The World's Richest Man tells You How to Make the Right Choices
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Jeff Bezos: The World's Richest Man tells You How to Make the Right Choices

Jeff Bezos - Build Your Story Amazon CEO and the world's richest person Jeff Bezos shares a poignant family story about making the right choice. Transcript: I hated the smell. My grandmother had the passenger seat. She smoked throughout these trips. At that age, I'd take any excuse to make estimates and do minor arithmetic. I'd been hearing an ad campaign about smoking. Basically, the ad said every puff of a cigarette takes some number of minutes off of your life. I decided to do the math for my grandmother. I estimated the number of cigarettes per day, estimated the number of puffs per cigarette, and so on. When I was satisfied that I had come up with a reasonable number, I poked my head into the front of the car, tapped my grandmother on the shoulder, and proudly proclaimed, "At two minutes per puff, you've taken nine years off of your life." I have a very vivid memory of what happened next. I expected to be applauded for my cleverness and my arithmetic skills. Instead, my grandmother burst into tears. I sat in the back seat. I didn't know what to do while my grandmother was crying. My grandfather, who'd been driving in silence, pulled over onto the shoulder of the highway. He had never said a harsh word to me, and maybe this was to be the first time. After a bit of silence, he gently and calmly said, "Jeff, one day you'll understand that's it's harder to be kind than clever." Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. You can seduce yourself with your gifts, if you're not careful. And if you do, it'll probably be to the detriment of your choices. How will you use your gifts? What choices will you make? Will you follow dogma, or will you be original? Will you wilt under criticism, or will you follow your convictions? Will you bluff it out when you're wrong, or will you apologize? Will you play it safe, or will you be a little bit swashbuckly? When it's tough, will you give up or will you be relentless? Will you be clever at the expense of others? Will you be kind? When you are 80 years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection, narrating for only yourself the most personal version of your life story, the telling that will be most compact and meaningful will be the series of choices you have made. We are our choices. Build yourself a great story.

Jeff Bezos: Think of the Things You'll Regret
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Jeff Bezos: Think of the Things You'll Regret

The One Thing Jeff Bezos Knew He'd Always Regret Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos says the key to progress in life is to think of yourself at age 80, and imagine all the things you'll regret not having risked. Transcript: "Just to show you how stupid I can be, we were packing on our hands and knees on a hard concrete floor and I had this brainstorm. I said to the person next to me, 'This packing is killing me. My back hurts. This is killing my knees on this hard cement floor.' The person said, 'Yeah, I know what you mean.' I said, 'You know what we need?' This is my brilliant insight. 'We need knee pads.' I was very serious. This person looked at me like I was the stupidest person he'd ever seen and like, I'm working for this person, this is great, and he said, 'What we need is packing tables.' I looked at this person and I thought that was the smartest idea I'd ever heard. The next day we got packing tables, and I think we doubled our productivity. "That early stage, by the way, of Amazon.com, where we were so unprepared, is probably one of the luckiest things that ever happened to us because risk is a necessary component of progress. There are different kinds of people that want to do different kinds of things in their life. The right framework I found is a regret minimization framework. That's just a nerdy way of saying that you want to project yourself to age 80, and then think back over your life. If you're 80, you want to minimize the number of regrets you have throughout that period of time. I think this something a lot of people do maybe subconsciously. Very few people probably name it regret minimization framework because most people are healthier than that, but it was a very clear way for me to think about making the kind of life decision. "The way it helped was I thought, okay, if I go do this thing and participate in this thing called the Internet that I genuinely believe is going to be a big deal, and if I fail, am I going to regret having tried and failed? I knew the answer to that was no. I also knew that if I didn't try, that I would always regret that. I would always wonder and it would haunt me. You can't follow the fashion when you're trying to do a startup company or I think really anything in life. As an entrepreneur if you're going to build a company, make sure that you are focused on something you're passionate about."