As a student, I had a hobby of inventing new ideas for products. For me, thinking of new businesses is like inventing new products.
Interpretation
The quote reflects the speaker's passion for innovation and entrepreneurship through the process of idea generation.
In this quote, Masayoshi Son expresses how his interest in inventing products parallels his enthusiasm for creating new business ideas. This perspective highlights the creative process as a fundamental aspect of entrepreneurship, where the ability to conceive novel ideas is essential for success in both product invention and business development.
In practice
During a motivational speech about entrepreneurship, you might use this quote to emphasize the importance of creativity in business.
In the early stages of Internet in Japan, many said that Japanese and Americans are different. There are 10 reasons why Japanese Internet is not taking off. I said none of them are right; it's just a time lag. And, of course, Japanese Internet took off.
I don't care whether the technology is invented by our employees. I want to bring everybody's innovations into our ecosystem together.
I believe the continually advancing Information Revolution will lend us the wisdom and strength to address humanity's previously unsolvable problems and help us make a positive impact on all of society.
Most of the time, when I make a big move, people say I am out of my mind. But I don't think about how I can add to what I have today.
I believe this artificial intelligence is going to be our partner. If we misuse it, it will be a risk. If we use it right, it can be our partner.
Whenever there is a big difficulty, I don't make excuses. Instead, I say I will solve it even if everybody leaves.
Failure is built into creativity... the creative act involves this element of 'newness' and 'experimentalism,' then one must expect and accept the possibility of failure.
Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn't really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That's because they were able to connect experiences they've had and synthesize new things.
Every time you work on a project, it's a little vacation from the project you're working on the other 23 hours. That's the thing - it replenishes you to do something else.
Share what you do profusely, because it will be remixed by others into something new, rich and strange.
(Talking about his first computer) Like all kids we not only fooled around with our toys, we changed them. If you've ever watched a child with a cardboard carton and a box of crayons create a spaceship with cool control panels, or listened to their improvised rules, such as "Red cars can jump all others," then you know that this impulse to make a toy do more is at the heart of innovative childhood play. It is also the essence of creativity.
Reading, conversation, environment, culture, heroes, mentors, nature β all are lottery tickets for creativity. Scratch away at them and youβll find out how big a prize youβve won.
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