Steve Anderson

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The Vault Unlocked · Why Playing It Safe Is the Riskiest Thing a Founder Can Do (The Jeff Bezos Principle Nobody Applies) · 3 Jun 2026 podcast

And they keep pushing that.

And again, that's it.

And this is an example where principals stand on their own and they interact with one another.

So that's long-term thinking.

That's obsess over customers.

That's leveraging time with technology.

I mean, it's a number of principals that are interacting there that create that environment that can be successful.

So let me, let me ask this question.

As you were going through all these letters, we, and you came up with the 14 principles, which were the one or two that really stood out for you that you, that I knew this had to be in the book.

This was one of the game changers.

What was that principle and how did you come to it?

Um, there are a couple that come to mind.

I think first we've talked about the encouraged successful failure, um,

Quick story on where that came from.

It definitely was intertwined with experimentation, and Bezos was a big believer in experimenting.

And one of the things, actually, I have a friend of mine who did an early read of the manuscript, and he came back with, on that principle, he came back with, you know, employees aren't afraid of failure, but they are afraid of the consequences of failure.

And that holds companies back.

because they won't experiment.

They won't try something new.

They won't because they're afraid.

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