It’s Always Day One
Anytime you can bottle up some of what makes a successful company successful, it’s good. When you can hear the founder drop “what he knows” into 3-4 phrases and explain them to you - it’s gold.
This past week Amazon.com & Zappos, probably the world’s biggest online shoe store, announced that they had joined forces. Amazon was investing in what they saw in Zappos and the future of where they saw the company headed.
As a part of the announcement, Amazon.com founder & CEO, Jeff Bezos, posted a short, 8-minute video, to Zappos employees explaining “What He Knows” and about the days ahead. You can see the full video below.
As I was watching, a few things stood out to me - the greatest of which was the statement, “It’s always Day One.” It’s a mentality that is at the core of who Amazon.com and how they approach business. It’s the belief that today is not the destination, nor is it even just a stop on the journey. Today is the start of what’s ahead.
How much impact could you/your business/your organization make if you approach this day with the same mentality?
(Visit this blog post at chrisediger.com if you cannot see the above video)
You can read more about the Zappos acquisition via a post from Tony Hsieh, Zappos CEO, on their company blog: http://blogs.zappos.com/ceoletter.
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