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 HSIEHWhatever you’re thinking, think bigger.
More Tony Hsieh Quotes
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Don’t be cocky. Don’t be flashy. There’s always someone better than you.
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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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Whatever you’re thinking, think bigger.
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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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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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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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The biggest (and hardest) lesson I’ve learned in life is that the external world is just a reflection of the world within.
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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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What’s the best way to build a brand for the long term? In a word: culture.
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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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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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Just figure out what your personal values are then just make those the corporate values.
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Good businesses generate missions to drive their profits. Great businesses generate profits to drive their missions.
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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 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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