1997年：贝索斯致股东信《吸引符合你价值观的股东》

"Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future."

The time which we have at our disposal every day is elastic; the passions that we feel expand it, those that we inspire contract it.

We recently greenlit a particular Amazon Studios original. I told the team my view: debatable whether it would be interesting enough, complicated to produce, business terms aren't that good, we have lots of other opportunities. They had a completely different opinion and wanted to go ahead. I wrote back right away with 'I disagree and commit and hope it becomes the most watched thing we've ever made.' Consider how much slower this decision cycle would have been if the team had actually had to convince me rather than simply get my commitment.