Twitter is like hugging. Just because it’s hard to measure the return on investment doesn’t mean there isn’t value there.
TONY HSIEHYour culture is your brand.
More Tony Hsieh Quotes
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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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Good businesses generate missions to drive their profits. Great businesses generate profits to drive their missions.
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Problems are just mile markers. Each one we pass means we’ve gotten better.
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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.
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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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There’s a big difference between motivation and inspiration: Inspire through values and motivation takes care of itself.
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Without conscious and deliberate effort, inertia always wins.
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Envision, create, and believe in your own universe, and the universe will form around you.
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If there are too many competitors, even if you’re the best it’s a lot harder to win.
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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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Whatever you are thinking, think bigger.
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SEO expertise is a core need for today’s online businesses.
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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 brand is just a lagging indicator of a company’s culture.
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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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Your brand is your culture.
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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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Don’t be cocky. Don’t be flashy. There’s always someone better than you.
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Your culture is your brand.
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Businesses often forget about the culture, and ultimately, they suffer for it because you can’t deliver good service from unhappy employees.
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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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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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Just figure out what your personal values are then just make those the corporate values.
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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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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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To never forget that the most important thing in life is the quality of life we lead.
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