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.
Interpretation
Taking bold actions often invites skepticism, but true progress comes from focusing on growth rather than existing comforts.
In this quote, Masayoshi Son reflects on the nature of making significant career and life decisions that might seem irrational to others. He emphasizes that while others may question his mindset, he prioritizes the potential for advancement over the comforts of his current situation, showcasing the importance of courage and a forward-thinking mindset in achieving success.
In practice
During a team meeting about business strategy, I could use this quote to encourage taking calculated risks.
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.
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.
As a student, I had a hobby of inventing new ideas for products. For me, thinking of new businesses is like inventing new products.
Whenever there is a big difficulty, I don't make excuses. Instead, I say I will solve it even if everybody leaves.
Our chiefs are killed. . . . The little children are freezing to death. . . . My people have no blankets, no food. . . . My heart is sick and sad. . . . I will fight no more forever.
First of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself - nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.
There is nothing stronger than the American labor movement. United, we cannot and we will not be turned aside. We'll work for it, sisters and brothers. We'll stand for it. Together. Each of us. To bring out the best in America. To bring out the best in ourselves, and each other.
I don't have a feeling of inferiority. Never had. I'm as good as anybody, but no better.
The only way I can describe the extent of my anxiety is to say that I felt as if I were pregnant with a rock.
It is necessary for every American, with becoming energy to endeavor to stop the dissemination of principles evidently destructive of the cause for which they have bled. It must be the combined virtue of the rulers and of the people to do this, and to rescue and save their civil and religious rights from the outstretched arm of tyranny, which may appear under any mode or form of government.
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