Jeff Bezos emphasizes the importance of being steadfast on one's vision while remaining adaptable on the details. Achieving significant goals requires persistence over long periods and collaboration with others. Flexibility is crucial as experimentation and adjustments are necessary, acknowledging that mistakes and course corrections are part of the process.
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00:00Be stubborn on vision and flexible on details.
00:03You really can't accomplish anything important if you're not stubborn on vision,
00:08because things that are important take a long time,
00:11they take teams, you can't do it by yourself,
00:14and so you really need to have a crisp idea of the vision,
00:18and you need to stay incredibly relentless on that vision.
00:21But you need to be flexible on the details,
00:23because you've got to be experimental to accomplish anything important,
00:27and that means you're going to be wrong a lot,
00:29and so you're going to try something on your way to that vision,
00:32and that's going to be the wrong thing, the wrong decision,
00:35you're going to have to back up, take a little course correction and try again.
00:39And so you cannot be stubborn on the details,
00:43you have to be flexible on the details.