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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 Hsieh

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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I made a list of the happiest periods of my life & I realized that none of them involve money.
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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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I thought about how easily we are all brainwashed by our society and culture to stop thinking and just assume by default that more money equals more success and more happiness, when ultimately happiness is really just about enjoying life.
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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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Your personal core values define who you are, and a company’s core values ultimately define the company’s character and brand. For individuals, character is destiny. For organizations, culture is destiny.
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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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Learn by doing. Theory is nice, but nothing replaces actual experience.
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Ask yourself: would you be comfortable printing everything your employees, customers & partners have to say about your culture?
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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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Just figure out what your personal values are then just make those the corporate values.
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Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.
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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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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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Every employee can affect your company’s brand, not just the front-line employees that are paid to talk to your customers.
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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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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).

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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).

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