They said change is the only permanent thing in this world. It is inevitable, and we have to adapt to it every now and then. Apparently, that is not one-hundred percent accurate.
The World's Richest Man's Secrets
The history’s richest living person, Jeff Bezos, shared his ultimate secret to success at Amazon’s introductory Re: Mars Artificial-Intelligence and Robotics Conference. It turns out; life is not always about adapting to change. In fact, Bezos got his focal point to the things that don't change.
The Ladder to Success
Jeff Bezos is the founder of the multinational technology company, Amazon. It is the globe’s leading e-commerce marketplace. Not only that it is also the biggest internet company in terms of revenue on the planet, it's also the home for the e-book technology, Kindle and ranks number two on the list of world’s largest tech company.
Stay on the Ground to Be on the Top
When people asked him what it takes to reach on the top, he pointed out the importance of starting over as day-one-company each and every waking day. As a day-one company, it is not the changes that matter the most. Instead, it is the unchanging demands of the consumers.
It’s quite ironic that most entrepreneurs, often times, consult Bezos about his prediction on what’s going to change in the span of ten years. Bezos encouraged his fellow businessmen to drop that mindset, and focus on the question, what is going to remain the same in the upcoming years.
He said, identifying what is constant allows you to smoothly plan on your strategy. You can focus on your game plan, with the assurance that all the hard work you put into it, will still pay-off in the next ten years. Won’t you be motivated to go to work every day, if that’s the case?
How Amazon Dominated the E-Commerce Market?
Let’s take it from the world’s largest retail online store, Amazon. There is one thing Jeff Bezos is certain about Amazon’s customers; that is, consumers will still demand fast delivery, low price-tags, and wide selection, in the next ten years.
Of course, you can focus on competing with your competitor’s business strategies, on what is the current trend in the market, and a lot of other things. And all those techniques are also effective, for sure. But if you want to reach the top, like Jeff Bezos, you got to isolate what is the most important among all those.
According to him, it's crucial for a business leader to recognize the factors that are stable, which most of the time falls in the category of customer needs. Once you mastered that way of thinking, you will simply be unstoppable.