Things are never as bad or as good as they seem.
TONY HSIEHThe problem when someone feels burned out, bored, unchallenged, or stifled by their work is not the job itself but rather the environment and playground rules given to them to do the job at hand.
More Tony Hsieh Quotes
-
-
I believe that there’s something interesting about anyone and everyone – you just have to figure out what that something is.
TONY HSIEH -
There’s a big difference between motivation and inspiration: Inspire through values and motivation takes care of itself.
TONY HSIEH -
I made a list of the happiest periods of my life & I realized that none of them involve money.
TONY HSIEH -
If there are too many competitors, even if you’re the best it’s a lot harder to win.
TONY HSIEH -
Every employee can affect your company’s brand, not just the front-line employees that are paid to talk to your customers.
TONY HSIEH -
Inspire other communities and cities to reinvent themselves.
TONY HSIEH -
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).
TONY HSIEH -
Without conscious and deliberate effort, inertia always wins.
TONY HSIEH -
Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.
TONY HSIEH -
Get the culture right, and everything else just falls into place.
TONY HSIEH -
If you’re worried about putting food on the table or putting a roof over your head, that stress is definitely will contribute to unhappiness, but once you have your basic needs met then incremental money.
TONY HSIEH -
Help shape the stories that people are telling about you.
TONY HSIEH -
Just figure out what your personal values are then just make those the corporate values.
TONY HSIEH -
Be true to yourself. If you follow that principle, a lot of decisions are actually pretty easy.
TONY HSIEH -
We 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.
TONY HSIEH