You jump off a cliff and you assemble an airplane on the way down.
Interpretation
Taking risks often requires you to figure things out as you go along.
Reid Hoffman's quote emphasizes the importance of taking bold risks and being resourceful in the face of uncertainty. It suggests that sometimes, to achieve your goals, you must act before you are completely prepared, and through the process of action, you will learn and adapt to create a solution.
In practice
In a motivational speech to young entrepreneurs about embracing uncertainty.
Leaders, whether in the public or the private sphere, must understand the responsibilities that come with their role. They are the most visible standard-bearers of their organizations. Holding them accountable to this responsibility protects the promise of our organizations and our communities.
The same instincts that make us good students can make us lousy entrepreneurs.
The entrepreneurial journey starts with jumping off a cliff and assembling an airplane on the way down.
Any effort to make the death penalty speedier and less costly - more 'efficient' - will inevitably make it less just.
I've long believed that if you're not embarrassed by your first product release, you've released too late.
Good ideas need good strategy to realize their potential.
As soon as I started to realize that I could make a living playing professional soccer, I went to that place where I could torture myself because I knew it would make me better for the championship game.
If winning isn't everything why bother to keep the score?
The greatest failure is the failure to try.
When I step onto the court, I'm ready to play. If you're going up against me, you'd better be ready. If you're not going to compete, I will dominate you.
I work seven days a week, from 9 in the morning till 8 at night. I have the titles of the next eight novels I want to write. I feel myself pitiable, degraded on a day that I don't write.
Longevity in this business is about being able to reinvent yourself or invent the future.
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