A real businessman or entrepreneur has no enemies. Once he understand this, the sky's the limit.
Interpretation
True entrepreneurs see others as collaborators rather than competitors, which opens limitless opportunities.
Jack Ma emphasizes that a successful businessman or entrepreneur recognizes that having no enemies is key to achieving success. By understanding that collaboration and building relationships are more valuable than competition, one is free to explore endless possibilities, thereby reaching new heights in their endeavors.
In practice
During a business conference, one could quote this to inspire fellow entrepreneurs to collaborate rather than compete.
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.
The germ of an idea doesn't make the sculpture that stands up... so the next stage is hard work
In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.
Hope... is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles.
The secret to success: find something you love to do so much, you canβt wait for the sun to rise to do it all over again.
Much of our American progress has been the product of the individual who had an idea; pursued it; fashioned it; tenaciously clung to it against all odds; and then produced it, sold it, and profited from it.
You know, I'm trying to chase rings, and that's all I'm about. So that's where the conversation stops for me.
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