If we are a good team and know what we want to do, one of us can defeat tons of them.
Interpretation
A strong and united team can accomplish much more than individuals working alone.
This quote by Jack Ma emphasizes the power of teamwork and collaboration. It suggests that when team members share a common goal and work seamlessly together, they can achieve extraordinary outcomes, overcoming obstacles and challenges that would otherwise be insurmountable for individuals acting alone. The strength of a good team lies not just in the sum of its parts, but in the synergy created by their joint efforts and shared vision.
In practice
In a corporate training session to inspire teamwork.
Hong Kong people say Hong Kong needs to preserve its uniqueness. I say Hong Kong's uniqueness is in its diversity, its tolerance of difference cultures... China does not want to see Hong Kong in decline. I have full confidence in its future.
It's not that other countries steal jobs from you guys. It's your strategy. Distribute the money and things in a proper way.
Helping doing business easier, we choose the name Alibaba because it is a global company. It is founded in China, but it was created for the world.
In the beginning I just wanted to survive. For the first three years, we made zero revenue. I remember many times when I was trying to pay up, the restaurant owner would say, 'Your bill was paid.' And there would be a note saying, 'Mr. Ma, I'm your customer on the Alibaba platform. I made a lot of money, and I know you don't, so I paid the bill.'
Even 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.
A leader should have higher endurance and ability to accept and embrace failure.
Trying to build a team over the course of the winter to put on the field is really just half the job. Because if your best players go down, it's not so much him going down as who you replace him with, which ultimately might have the biggest impact on how you end up finishing. So you want to have both a belt and suspenders for support.
One who is mild rather than forceful has greater capacity for outreach.
One of the recurring themes in Marcus' handbook is leadership's responsibility to work intelligently with what it is given and not waste time fantasizing about a world of flawless people and perfect choices.
No president is well-served by groupthink or by everybody singing from the same sheet of music they think he's on.
Ask questions instead of giving direct orders.
Dumbledore will only leave from Hogwarts when there are none loyal to him!
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