If I was going to go into an office I wanted it to be with people I would choose to be around even if we didn’t have to work together and so that was one of the major reasons why I decided out of all the different companies we invested in to work with Zappos.
TONY HSIEHOur belief is that if you get the culture right, most of the other stuff, like great customer service, or building a great long-term brand or empowering passionate employees and customers, will happen on its own.
More Tony Hsieh Quotes
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I made a list of the happiest periods of my life & I realized that none of them involve money.
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Inspire other communities and cities to reinvent themselves.
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If there are too many competitors, even if you’re the best it’s a lot harder to win.
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The brand is just a lagging indicator of a company’s culture.
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Your brand is your culture.
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If you’re focused on the friendship as its own reward, serendipitous stuff just happens. I know that sounds weird, but I can tell you for our 12 years of existence, it’s actually how a lot of stuff happens.
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Be true to yourself. If you follow that principle, a lot of decisions are actually pretty easy.
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Success is getting to a point where you’d be truly OK with losing everything you have and starting over.
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Launching a business is kind of like a motorboat: You can go very quickly and turn fast.
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Help inspire people to realize they are capable of changing the world.
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Learn by doing. Theory is nice, but nothing replaces actual experience.
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What’s the best way to build a brand for the long term? In a word: culture.
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If someone is self-aware, then they can always continue to grow. If they’re not self-aware, I think it’s harder for them to evolve or adapt beyond who they already are.
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Businesses often forget about the culture, and ultimately, they suffer for it because you can’t deliver good service from unhappy employees.
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Our belief is that if you get the culture right, most of the other stuff, like great customer service, or building a great long-term brand or empowering passionate employees and customers, will happen on its own.
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