Lessons You Can Learn from Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos

                                           

  

Lessons You Can Learn from Amazon Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos
                                   
* Get Started Now to Avoid Regret Later

What would your customers/friends say to you?
Where are you putting your energy?Is it something that your family will still care about in 10 years?
If not, start working on things that will matter 10 years from now. You’ll have Jeff Bezos to thank.
Do you know that the 10 poisonous foods around us to harm our families? What if we can grow fresh, safe foods to them instead? Will it be something that our families still care about in 10 years?

10 Poisonous Foods We Eat Every Day

10. Lima Beans Also known as butter beans contain a compound known as linamarin, which essentially becomes cyanide after an enzymatic process . Make sure they are fully cooked (at least 10 minutes!) and should never be served raw.

9. Cassava/Manioc Root A South American native (also known as Yuca), cassava root is a starchy tuber and the third most-consumed food in the world. Soaking the root in water can help kick start an enzymatic process that will liberate the cyanide, but the subsequent liquid becomes toxic as a result. Unprocessed, a pound of bitter yuca can kill a cow - and certainly a person.

8. Nutmeg From the tree Myristica fragrans, the only tree to produce two spices (nutmeg and also, mace). While the chemical in nutmeg is not poisonous, it is a psychoactive neurotoxin which can cause vomiting, dizziness and hallucinations.

7. Kidney Beans kidney beans also contain a potentially lethal toxin - phytohaemagglutinin. Ingesting only a few beans can land you in the hospital and a whole handful will send you straight to the morgue. The toxin is easily neutralized when the bean is boiled for at least 10 minutes - but the toxin can become up to 5x more toxic at 175 F (just off boiling) than if eaten raw.

6. Almonds Another natural source of cyanide! This time, all of the ingredients are present but not
activated until the seed (the almond we know and love) is injured - i.e. crushed by teeth. But again,
nothing to worry about - domesticated almonds do not contain this natural defense mechanics.

                                       

5. Tomatoes While tomatoes (the fruit) are non-toxic, atropine is present in the stems and leaves.
While only one death seems to have been attributed to atropine poisoning, ingestion can cause dizziness, headaches and indigestion. Advice? Avoid tomato-leaf tea.

4. Stone Fruits: Cherries, Apricots, Peaches & Plums Swallowing a whole pit or two won't do a lot of damage, but much like almonds, the toxin becomes exposed when the seed is crushed or damaged - or chewed upon, making children and pets particularly vulnerable. Every year, a handful of deaths (in children and adults) are attributed to an over-indulgence in fruit pits!

3. Rhubarb Have no fear - your grandmother's strawberry rhubarb pie is still safe! The red stalks are
perfectly fine, it's the dark leafy greens that are not so innocent. While the compound (oxalic acid)
won't kill you, it can cause dizziness and kidney failure, coma and seizures.

2. Potatoes Ordinarily, this staple crop is harmless. However, potatoes and other members of the
Nightshade family naturally contain solanine. Solanine has natural fungicidal and pesticidal properties (an obvious natural defense) and, in potatoes, develops when exposed to light - another reason to store your spuds in a cool, dark place. Once they begin sprouting or green patches appear, you may want to think twice before eating.

1. Apples Like stone fruits, apple seeds contain that pesky compound - cyanogenic glycosides - which, through an enzymatic process, turns into cyanide. While the seeds of an apple or two won't cause you any harm, there have been known deaths as a result of over-eating.
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* What’s the worst thing you can live with?

Regrets, guilt, sorrow?
When Bezos was thinking about building Amazon, he had to decide whether to start the company or keep his good job on Wall Street. He created a framework to use for making the decision that he calls a Regret Minimization Framework. It helped him realize he didn’t want to not do it and regret it later.This fear of regret is one of the key reasons why he decided to go ahead and start Amazon. How about you?



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