Success is getting to a point where you’d be truly OK with losing everything you have and starting over.
TONY HSIEHBusinesses often forget about the culture, and ultimately, they suffer for it because you can’t deliver good service from unhappy employees.
More Tony Hsieh Quotes
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Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.
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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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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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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 best leaders are servant leaders – they serve those they lead.
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A great brand is a story that never stops unfolding.
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Our belief is that if you get the culture right, most of the other stuff, like great customer service, or building a great long-term brand or empowering passionate employees and customers, will happen on its own.
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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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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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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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Good businesses generate missions to drive their profits. Great businesses generate profits to drive their missions.
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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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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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Problems are just mile markers. Each one we pass means we’ve gotten better.
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