If I was going to go into an office I wanted it to be with people I would choose to be around even if we didn’t have to work together and so that was one of the major reasons why I decided out of all the different companies we invested in to work with Zappos.
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 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 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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Whatever you are thinking, think bigger.
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We asked ourselves what we wanted this company to stand for. We didn’t want to just sell shoes. I wasn’t even into shoes – but I was passionate about customer service.
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Things are never as bad or as good as they seem.
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SEO expertise is a core need for today’s online businesses.
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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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Most innovation comes from outside your industry applied to your own
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Help inspire people to realize they are capable of changing the world.
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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.
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Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.
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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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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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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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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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