If you don't give up, you still have a chance. And when you are small, you have to be very focused and rely on your brain, not your strength.
Jack MaNo matter what your current condition, how or where you grew up, or what education or training you feel you lack, you can be successful in your chosen endeavor. It is spirit, fortitude, and hardiness that matter more than where you start.
Jack MaToday, making money is very simple. But making sustainable money while being responsible to the society and improving the world is very difficult.
Jack MaNo matter what one does, regardless of failure or success, the experience is a form of success in itself.
Jack MaOnce in your life, try something. Work hard at something. Try to change. Nothing bad can happen.
Jack MaEven if your competitor is still small in size or weak, you should take him seriously and treat him as a giant. Likewise, even if your competitor is massive in size, you shouldn't regard yourself as a weakling.
Jack MaCustomers should be number 1, Employees number 2, and then only your Shareholders come at number 3.
Jack MaOnly fools use their mouth to speak. A smart man uses his brain, and a wise man uses his heart.
Jack MaEBay may be a shark in the ocean, but I'm a crocodile in the Yangtze River. If we fight in the ocean, we lose, but if we fight in the river, we win.
Jack MaSuccess and profitability are outcomes of focusing on customers and employees, not objectives.
Jack MaI flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my city's worst university, Hangzhou Teachers University. I was studying to be a high school English teacher. In my university, I was elected student chairman and later became chairman of the city's Students Federation.
Jack MaA great opportunity is often hard to be explained clearly; things that can be explained clearly are often not the best opportunities.
Jack MaIf you do not know where your competitor is, or overconfident and snobbish about your competitor, or are unable to comprehend how yourcompetitor became a real threat, you will surely fall behind him. Don't be the "they" in this idiom: First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
Jack MaYou've to make consumers smart. An e-commerce portal doesn't sell a product at cheaper rates, instead an offline shop sells it at a costlier prices.
Jack MaIf you have a different mindset, you will have a different outcome: if you make different choices from your peers, your life will then be different from your peers.
Jack MaI don't shop online, but my wife buys everything at home. We buy sea crabs, fresh crabs, all kinds of things.
Jack MaMy job is making money, helping other people make money. I am spending money, trying to make sure more people get rich, because you cannot spend a lot of money, right? So my job is spending money, helping others. This is a headache.
Jack Ma30% of all people will never believe you. Do not allow your colleagues and employees to work for you. Instead, let them work for a common goal.
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