Thursday, September 2, 2021

40 Jack Ma's Wise Quotes About Leadership and Success


For those who might not know, Jack Ma is a Chinese business magnate, well-known for being the co-founder and former executive chairman of one of the world's largest e-commerce business, Alibaba Group.

Here, I've listed the best 40 of his wise quotes about leadership and success.  Watch out for our best picks and stay in touch to watch the video at the end.


1. “No matter how tough the chase is, you should always have the dream you saw on the first day. It’ll keep you motivated and rescue you (from any weak thoughts).”



2. “A leader should be a visionary and have more foresight than an employee.”



3. “Forget about your competitors, just focus on your customers.”



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4. “If you’ve never tried, how will you ever know if there’s any chance?”



5. “I call myself a blind man riding on a blind tiger.”



6. “If the customer loves you, the government will have to love you.”



7. “You need the right people with you, not the best people.”



8. “Help young people. Help small guys. Because small guys will be big. Young people will have the seeds you bury in their minds, and when they grow up, they will change the world.”



9. “Opportunities lies in the place where the complaints are.”



10. “If you don’t do it, nothing’s possible.”



11. “A leader should have higher grit and tenacity, and be able to endure what the employees can’t”



12. “We’re never in lack of money. We lack people with dreams, (people) who can die for those dreams.”



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13. “Instead of learning from other people’s success, learn from their mistakes. Most of the people who fail share common reasons to fail, whereas success can be attributed to various different kinds of reasons.”



14. “Intelligent people need a fool to lead them. When the team’s all a bunch of scientists, it is best to have a peasant lead the way. His way of thinking is different. It’s easier to win if you have people seeing things from different perspectives.”



15. “When people think too highly of you, you have the responsibility to calm down and be yourself.”



16. “It’s very difficult to know the outside world, but you know yourself. You know your need and what you want. If I know myself better, I can change myself to meet the outside world.”



17. “We appreciate yesterday, but we’re looking for a better tomorrow.”

18. “Adopt and change before any major trends or changes.”



19. “Never give up. Today is hard, tomorrow will be worse, but the day after tomorrow will be sunshine.”



20. “You’ve got to make your team have value, innovation, and vision.”



21. “If you want to win in the 21st century, you have to empower others, making sure other people are better than you are. Then you will be successful.”



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22. “The opportunities that everyone cannot see are the real opportunities.”



23. “On the path to success, you will notice that the successful ones are not whiners nor do they complain often.”



24. “30% of all people will never believe you. Do not allow your colleagues and employees to work for you. Instead, let them work for a common goal.”



25. “A real businessman or entrepreneur has no enemies. Once he understands this, the sky’s the limit.”



26. “I try to make myself happy because I know that if I’m not happy, my colleagues are not happy and my shareholders are not happy and my customers are not happy.”



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27. “If you don’t give up, you still have a chance. Giving up is the greatest failure.”



28. “If you view everyone as your enemies then everyone around you will be enemies.”



29. “Don’t hire the most qualified, hire the craziest.”

30. “When you are small, you have to be very focused and rely on your brain, not your strength.”



31. “You never know that the things you’re doing are that meaningful to society.”



32. “The very important thing you should have is patience.”



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33. “No matter what one does, regardless of failure or success, the experience is a form of success in itself.”



34. “Once in your life, try something. Work hard at something. Try to change. Nothing bad can happen.”

35. “I want to change history, do something important in my life, and influence individuals like we have with millions of small businesses on Alibaba. Then they love and respect you because you made their life important.”



36. “Success and profitability are outcome of focusing on customers and employees, not objectives.”



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37. “Your attitude is more important than your capabilities. Similarly, your decision is more important than your capabilities.”



38. “Only fools use their mouth to speak. A smart man uses his brain, and a wise man uses his heart.”

39. “Customer first, employees second, and investors third.”



40. “If you are a wolf chasing rabbits, focus on one rabbit. Change yourself to catch the rabbit, but don’t change rabbits.”

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