As a student, I had a hobby of inventing new ideas for products. For me, thinking of new businesses is like inventing new products.
Interpretation
The quote reflects the speaker's passion for innovation and entrepreneurship through the process of idea generation.
In this quote, Masayoshi Son expresses how his interest in inventing products parallels his enthusiasm for creating new business ideas. This perspective highlights the creative process as a fundamental aspect of entrepreneurship, where the ability to conceive novel ideas is essential for success in both product invention and business development.
In practice
During a motivational speech about entrepreneurship, you might use this quote to emphasize the importance of creativity in business.
In the early stages of Internet in Japan, many said that Japanese and Americans are different. There are 10 reasons why Japanese Internet is not taking off. I said none of them are right; it's just a time lag. And, of course, Japanese Internet took off.
I don't care whether the technology is invented by our employees. I want to bring everybody's innovations into our ecosystem together.
I believe the continually advancing Information Revolution will lend us the wisdom and strength to address humanity's previously unsolvable problems and help us make a positive impact on all of society.
Most of the time, when I make a big move, people say I am out of my mind. But I don't think about how I can add to what I have today.
I believe this artificial intelligence is going to be our partner. If we misuse it, it will be a risk. If we use it right, it can be our partner.
Whenever there is a big difficulty, I don't make excuses. Instead, I say I will solve it even if everybody leaves.
To realize our true creative potential - in our organizations, in our schools and in our communities - we need to think differently about ourselves and towards each other. We must learn to be creative.
Sometimes you have to stop thinking. Sometimes you shut down completely. I think that's true in any creative field.
Creativity has two possibilities. One is that it arises out of your silence, love, understanding, your clarity of vision, your intimate friendliness with existence - then creativity is healthy. But if it does not arise out of meditation, out of silence and peace and understanding and love, then there is a danger. It may be arising out of your confused mind. It may be arising out of your insanity.
Share what you do profusely, because it will be remixed by others into something new, rich and strange.
Sometimes ideas are coming so fast that I have to stop doing one song to get another. But I don't forget the first one. If it works, it will always be there. It's like the truth: it will find you and lift you up. And if it ain't right, it will dissolve like sand on the beach.
It seems to me that's the only way you can have a truly creative aggregate of people is if they're all contributing in different ways.
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