Happiness is really just about four things: perceived control, perceived progress, connectedness (number and depth of your relationships), and vision/meaning (being part of something bigger than yourself).
TONY HSIEHThe best leaders are servant leaders – they serve those they lead.
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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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Just figure out what your personal values are then just make those the corporate values.
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There’s a big difference between motivation and inspiration: Inspire through values and motivation takes care of itself.
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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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Envision, create, and believe in your own universe, and the universe will form around you.
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Help shape the stories that people are telling about you.
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Business is all about learning to balance the short-term, medium-term and long-term and I think it’s when things are going well it covers up a lot of mistakes and bad decisions because you’re growing so quickly.
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For individuals, character is destiny. For organizations, culture is destiny.
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Whatever you’re thinking, think bigger.
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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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Get the culture right, and everything else just falls into place.
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It doesn’t cost anything to say hi when you pass someone else in the hallway, whereas, most corporations if you pass you avoid eye contact.
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Customer service shouldn’t just be A department, it should be the entire company.
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Hopefully 10 years from now people won’t even realize we started out selling shoes. They will just think about Zappos as a place to get the best customer service.
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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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