The 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.
TONY HSIEHProblems are just mile markers. Each one we pass means we’ve gotten better.
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Problems are just mile markers. Each one we pass means we’ve gotten better.
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Things are never as bad or as good as they seem.
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Help shape the stories that people are telling about you.
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If someone is self-aware, then they can always continue to grow. If they’re not self-aware, I think it’s harder for them to evolve or adapt beyond who they already are.
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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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Launching a business is kind of like a motorboat: You can go very quickly and turn fast.
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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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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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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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Have fun. The game is a lot more enjoyable when you’re trying to do more than just make money.
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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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Every employee can affect your company’s brand, not just the front-line employees that are paid to talk to your customers.
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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.
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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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Whatever you are thinking, think bigger.
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