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Jeff Bezos's regret minimization framework for career decisions

Jeff Bezos shared his "regret minimization framework" as a key decision-making tool for career choices, particularly when leaving Wall Street to found Amazon. This approach involves projecting oneself to age 80 and considering what one might regret not doing, which for Bezos, was not trying to build Amazon. Despite the eventual success of Amazon, Bezos acknowledged the difficulty of the initial planning stages and the importance of timing and luck in entrepreneurship. AI

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Preston Fore ·

    Jeff Bezos used one simple question to decide whether to quit Wall Street and start Amazon: What will I regret when I’m 80?

    Now worth $357 billion, Jeff Bezos once created a “regret minimization framework” to decide whether to quit his cushy hedge fund job to create Amazon.