Just to name a few...
Roger Federer: Famously said he only won 54% of points despite winning 80% of single matches. Taught me that perfection is impossible, but more importantly people should focus on doing their best and not being afraid to fail.
Bipul Sinha Deeply inspired by his Maximal Thinking framework. Startup is full of contradictions. Maximal thinking allows me to think big enough to solve really hard problems, while maximizing present opportunities to minimize stress.
Jeff Bezos: Learned and agreed with him on the 70% rule, which advocates for making decisions when you have 70% of the information you need, rather than waiting for 100% certainty, which could lead to missed opportunities and slow progress.
Seth Godin: Inspired by his thinking that the greatest failure is to not try. People should not be afraid to take a chance.
Reed Hastings: what i believe to be a very accurate depiction --"as an entrepreneur you have to feel like you can jump out of an airplane because you're confident that you'll catch a bird flying by. It's an act of stupidity, and most entrepreneurs go splat because the bird doesn't come by, but a few times it does.""
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