The best leaders are servant leaders – they serve those they lead.
TONY HSIEHWhatever you’re thinking, think bigger.
More Tony Hsieh Quotes
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Problems are just mile markers. Each one we pass means we’ve gotten better.
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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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Without conscious and deliberate effort, inertia always wins.
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Zappos is a customer service company that just happens to sell shoes.
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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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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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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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I’d rather spend money on things that improve the customer experience than on marketing.
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For individuals, character is destiny. For organizations, culture is destiny.
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A great brand is a story that never stops unfolding.
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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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The brand is just a lagging indicator of a company’s culture.
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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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Just figure out what your personal values are then just make those the corporate values.
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Learn by doing. Theory is nice, but nothing replaces actual experience.
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