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.
TONY HSIEHI believe that there’s something interesting about anyone and everyone – you just have to figure out what that something is.
More Tony Hsieh Quotes
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For individuals, character is destiny. For organizations, culture is destiny.
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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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What’s the best way to build a brand for the long term? In a word: culture.
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The brand is just a lagging indicator of a company’s culture.
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Having a higher purpose is more than just about profits. You actually end up making more profits in the long run because employees really are a lot more engaged and customers see the higher purpose in the company.
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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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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 made a list of the happiest periods of my life & I realized that none of them involve money.
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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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Have fun. The game is a lot more enjoyable when you’re trying to do more than just make money.
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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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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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Get the culture right, and everything else just falls into place.
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Your culture is your brand.
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Business is all about learning to balance the short-term, medium-term and long-term and I think it’s when things are going well it covers up a lot of mistakes and bad decisions because you’re growing so quickly.
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