No matter what one does, regardless of failure or success, the experience is a form of success in itself.
Interpretation
Every experience, whether it leads to failure or success, is valuable and contributes to our overall success.
Jack Ma emphasizes that the journey of gaining experiences is itself a form of success. It highlights the importance of learning from both failures and achievements, suggesting that each step taken, regardless of the outcome, enriches one's life and skills, ultimately contributing to personal growth and success.
In practice
In a motivational speech about perseverance and learning from mistakes.
Hong Kong people say Hong Kong needs to preserve its uniqueness. I say Hong Kong's uniqueness is in its diversity, its tolerance of difference cultures... China does not want to see Hong Kong in decline. I have full confidence in its future.
If we are a good team and know what we want to do, one of us can defeat tons of them.
It's not that other countries steal jobs from you guys. It's your strategy. Distribute the money and things in a proper way.
Helping doing business easier, we choose the name Alibaba because it is a global company. It is founded in China, but it was created for the world.
In the beginning I just wanted to survive. For the first three years, we made zero revenue. I remember many times when I was trying to pay up, the restaurant owner would say, 'Your bill was paid.' And there would be a note saying, 'Mr. Ma, I'm your customer on the Alibaba platform. I made a lot of money, and I know you don't, so I paid the bill.'
Even if your competitor is still small in size or weak, you should take him seriously and treat him as a giant. Likewise, even if your competitor is massive in size, you shouldn't regard yourself as a weakling.
Perfection is often the enemy of greatness.
A great investment opportunity occurs when a marvelous business encounters a one-time huge, but solvable problem.
To become a singer requires work, work, and again, work! It need not be in any special corner of the earth; there is no one spot that will do more for you than other places. It doesn't matter so much where you are if you have intelligence and a good ear.
Mentally, the only players who survive in the pros are the ones able to manage all their responsibilities. Everybody struggles in different ways.
I feel like I want to take care of everyone and I also feel this terrible guilt if I am unable to. And I have felt this way ever since all this success started.
Almost everyone who has had an idea that's somewhat revolutionary or wildly successful was first told they're insane.
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