Lesson's from Jack Ma

Lesson's from Jack Ma
1. Learn why people fail Lesson's
Try to learn from as many mistakes as possible. Don't learn from the successful stories. The MBA teaches successful cases but we should learn from failure stories - why people fail. Lots of people fail for the same reasons. If you know why people fail and you learn that - you make progress.
2. Listen to your next door neighbor
Do not learn from Bill Gates or Jack Ma. Learn from the people, your next door neighbor - he does the same thing but much better. Why is that?
3. Fix the roof while the sun is shining
My philosophy is repair the roof while it is still sunshine. When the company is good, change the company. When the company is in trouble, be careful, don't move. If the storm comes, you don't go up and repair the roof - you'll be destroyed. Every time when I feel something good, when my team says 'wow we've had a wonderful year' - I know that's the signal we have to change. That will make you totally different. At a small company, you can never have a wonderful day to enjoy for long.