Don’t play games that you don’t understand, even if you see lots of other people making money from them.
TONY HSIEHThe ultimate definition of success is: you could lose everything that you have and truly be okay with it. Your happiness isn’t based on external factors.
More Tony Hsieh Quotes
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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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Be true to yourself. If you follow that principle, a lot of decisions are actually pretty easy.
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Don’t be cocky. Don’t be flashy. There’s always someone better than you.
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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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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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Customer service shouldn’t just be A department, it should be the entire company.
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Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.
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Learn by doing. Theory is nice, but nothing replaces actual experience.
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SEO expertise is a core need for today’s online businesses.
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Problems are just mile markers. Each one we pass means we’ve gotten better.
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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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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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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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Never accept or be too comfortable with the status quo, because the companies that get into trouble are historically the ones that aren’t able to adapt to change and respond quickly enough.
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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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