I made a list of the happiest periods of my life & I realized that none of them involve money.
TONY HSIEHProblems are just mile markers. Each one we pass means we’ve gotten better.
More Tony Hsieh Quotes
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Good businesses generate missions to drive their profits. Great businesses generate profits to drive their missions.
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We asked ourselves what we wanted this company to stand for. We didn’t want to just sell shoes. I wasn’t even into shoes – but I was passionate about customer service.
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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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Our customers call and e-mail us to say that’s how it feels when a Zappos box arrives. And that’s how we view this company.
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To never forget that the most important thing in life is the quality of life we lead.
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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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Open, honest communication is the best foundation for any relationship, but remember that at the end of the day it’s not what you say or what you do, but how you make people feel that matters the most.
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Twitter is like hugging. Just because it’s hard to measure the return on investment doesn’t mean there isn’t value there.
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If you’re worried about putting food on the table or putting a roof over your head, that stress is definitely will contribute to unhappiness, but once you have your basic needs met then incremental money.
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The best businesses are really ones that can combine passion, profits, and purpose.
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We decided that if we get the culture right, most of the stuff, like building a brand around delivering the very best customer service, will just take care of itself.
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Customer service shouldn’t just be A department, it should be the entire company.
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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.
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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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Never accept or be too comfortable with the status quo, because the companies that get into trouble are historically the ones that aren’t able to adapt to change and respond quickly enough.
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