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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.

Tony Hsieh

Most innovation comes from outside your industry applied to your own
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Industry Innovation Yourself
The brand is just a lagging indicator of a company’s culture.
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Brand Company Culture
Whatever you’re thinking, think bigger.
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Big Inspirational Thinking Yourself
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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Creativity Employee Environment Myself Personality Role Shine Try View
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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Avoid Contact Corporation Cost Eyes Hall
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).
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Big Connection Control Happiness Relationship Vision
The best businesses are really ones that can combine passion, profits, and purpose.
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Best Business Combination Purpose
Inspire other communities and cities to reinvent themselves.
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City Community Inspirational Invention
There’s a big difference between motivation and inspiration: Inspire through values and motivation takes care of itself.
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Big Care Difference Inspirational Motivational Value
If you’re focused on the friendship as its own reward, serendipitous stuff just happens. I know that sounds weird, but I can tell you for our 12 years of existence, it’s actually how a lot of stuff happens.
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Existence Focus Friendship Myself Reward
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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Big Business Quick Yourself
Just figure out what your personal values are then just make those the corporate values.
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Corporate Personal Value
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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Call Company Customer Feeling View
I believe that there’s something interesting about anyone and everyone – you just have to figure out what that something is.
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Believe Interest Myself
Envision, create, and believe in your own universe, and the universe will form around you.
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Believe Form Spiritual Universe Vision Yourself
Whatever you are thinking, think bigger.
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Big Thinking Yourself

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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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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