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I think everyone should get a little exposure to computer science because it really forces you to think in a slightly different way, and it’s a skill that you can apply in life in general, whether you end up in computer science or not.

Tony Hsieh

Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.
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Inspirational Money Passion Start
Don’t play games that you don’t understand, even if you see lots of other people making money from them.
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Game Money People Play Understand Yourself
Having a higher purpose is more than just about profits. You actually end up making more profits in the long run because employees really are a lot more engaged and customers see the higher purpose in the company.
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Company Employee End Engagement Profit Purpose See
Zappos is a customer service company that just happens to sell shoes.
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Company Customer Service
I think the most important thing is just if you hire people whose personal values match the corporate core values – and not just the stated ones.
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Important Oneself People Thinking Value
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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Best Build Care Culture Customer Decision Right Service
Good businesses generate missions to drive their profits. Great businesses generate profits to drive their missions.
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Business Drive Goodness Greatness Profit
I made a list of the happiest periods of my life & I realized that none of them involve money.
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Happiness Life Money Myself
Your culture is your brand.
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Brand Culture One Liner
I thought about how easily we are all brainwashed by our society and culture to stop thinking and just assume by default that more money equals more success and more happiness, when ultimately happiness is really just about enjoying life.
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Easy Enjoyment Equality Life Money Society Thinking
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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Business Culture Employee Forget Goodness Happiness Service Suffering
A bigger business is like a cruise ship: There are lots of amenities and you can go a lot further, but it’s harder to turn quickly.
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Big Business Quick Yourself
I view my role more as trying to set up an environment where the personalities, creativity and individuality of all the different employees come out and can shine.
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Creativity Employee Environment Myself Personality Role Shine Try View
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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Basic Contribution Food Money Worry Yourself
The ultimate definition of success is: you could lose everything that you have and truly be okay with it. Your happiness isn’t based on external factors.
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Definition Happiness Lose Success True Ultimate Yourself
Be true to yourself. If you follow that principle, a lot of decisions are actually pretty easy.
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Decision Easy Principle True Yourself

I think everyone should get a little exposure to computer science because it really forces you to think in a slightly different way, and it’s a skill that you can apply in life in general, whether you end up in computer science or not.

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I think everyone should get a little exposure to computer science because it really forces you to think in a slightly different way, and it’s a skill that you can apply in life in general, whether you end up in computer science or not.

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