Life rewards those who plant seeds to grow a forest they might never sit under. 

In 1994 Jeff Bezos was a young hedge fund guy with a crazy idea to start selling books online. 

In today's world it would sound like an overdone idea (all businesses are selling something online nowadays).

Back then it was something most people would laugh at...

No way, I'm buying a book without holding it in my hands first (most people laughed).

But that didn't stop Bezos. 

He started Amazon in his garage and committed his life to build the business.

At first there were no profits, no clients, no customers,...

Despite everything Bezos didn't give up and kept believing Amazon would pay off in the long run. 

30 years later, Jeff Bezos has accumulated a fortune.

• Net worth of 200 billion dollars.
• Amazon is world's 4th largest company.

Why

Jeff Bezos thought in decades, not in deadlines!

Jeff Bezos back in his first office space with his desk made out of the front door.

So that's it? 

No!

Bezos continues to think long term.

Currently he's shooting rockets into space.

Providing all kinds of delivery services.

Building drones...

Perhaps one of the craziest ideas Jeff thought of is the 10 000 year old clock he's building in the middle of nowhere on his land in a Texas dessert. 

The clocks ticks once a year and chimes every century.

It will outlast us all...

Why

Bezos said, It's a symbol to constantly remind people they need to think long term.

Imagine a future society hearing the chime of that clock. 

Digging it up and discovering the genius that man Jeff Bezos once was.

Model of the 10 000 year clock (Clock of The Long Now) made by Bezos