Customer service shouldn’t just be A department, it should be the entire company.
TONY HSIEHIf 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.
More Tony Hsieh Quotes
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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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I made a list of the happiest periods of my life & I realized that none of them involve money.
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Get the culture right, and everything else just falls into place.
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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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Don’t be cocky. Don’t be flashy. There’s always someone better than you.
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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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Ask yourself: would you be comfortable printing everything your employees, customers & partners have to say about your culture?
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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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Most innovation comes from outside your industry applied to your own
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Help shape the stories that people are telling about you.
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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.
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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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Whatever you are thinking, think bigger.
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Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.
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It doesn’t cost anything to say hi when you pass someone else in the hallway, whereas, most corporations if you pass you avoid eye contact.
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