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.
TONY HSIEHTo never forget that the most important thing in life is the quality of life we lead.
More Tony Hsieh Quotes
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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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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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SEO expertise is a core need for today’s online businesses.
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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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What’s the best way to build a brand for the long term? In a word: culture.
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Have fun. The game is a lot more enjoyable when you’re trying to do more than just make money.
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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 brand is your culture.
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Twitter is like hugging. Just because it’s hard to measure the return on investment doesn’t mean there isn’t value there.
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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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Envision, create, and believe in your own universe, and the universe will form around you.
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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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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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