Your culture is your brand.
TONY HSIEHWe decided that if we get the culture right, most of the stuff, like building a brand around delivering the very best customer service, will just take care of itself.
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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.
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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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Whatever you are thinking, think bigger.
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Just figure out what your personal values are then just make those the corporate values.
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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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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 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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Money alone isn’t enough to bring happiness… happiness is when you’re actually truly ok with losing everything you have.
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Inspire other communities and cities to reinvent themselves.
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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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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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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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Open, honest communication is the best foundation for any relationship, but remember that at the end of the day it’s not what you say or what you do, but how you make people feel that matters the most.
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Launching a business is kind of like a motorboat: You can go very quickly and turn fast.
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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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