Smart people are a dime a dozen and often don’t amount to much. What counts is being creative and imaginative. (Location 80)

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“I have no special talent,” Einstein once said. “I am only passionately curious.” That’s not fully true (he certainly did have special talent), but he was right when he said, “Curiosity is more important than knowledge.” (Location 88)

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People who love all fields of knowledge are the ones who can best spot the patterns that exist across nature. (Location 99)

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“Don’t be afraid. You can do it.” (Location 106)

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But Bezos had a rule, which was to use his heart and his intuition as well as empirical data in making a big decision. “There has to be risk taking. You have to have instinct. All the good decisions have to be made that way,” he says. “You do it with a group. You do it with great humility.” (Location 299)

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Focus on the long term. “It’s All About the Long Term,” (Location 406)

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“Be the tortoise and not the hare.” Blue Origin’s company shield has a Latin motto, Gradatim Ferociter: “Step by Step, Ferociously.” (Location 416)

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