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.
TONY HSIEHThe best leaders are servant leaders – they serve those they lead.
More Tony Hsieh Quotes
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SEO expertise is a core need for today’s online businesses.
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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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The problem when someone feels burned out, bored, unchallenged, or stifled by their work is not the job itself but rather the environment and playground rules given to them to do the job at hand.
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For me, my role is about unleashing what people already have inside them that is maybe suppressed in most work environments.
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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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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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Money alone isn’t enough to bring happiness… happiness is when you’re actually truly ok with losing everything you have.
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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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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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I believe that there’s something interesting about anyone and everyone – you just have to figure out what that something is.
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A great brand is a story that never stops unfolding.
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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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Without conscious and deliberate effort, inertia always wins.
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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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The best leaders are servant leaders – they serve those they lead.
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