Success is getting to a point where you’d be truly OK with losing everything you have and starting over.
TONY HSIEHBe true to yourself. If you follow that principle, a lot of decisions are actually pretty easy.
More Tony Hsieh Quotes
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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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I’d rather spend money on things that improve the customer experience than on marketing.
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Problems are just mile markers. Each one we pass means we’ve gotten better.
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Learn by doing. Theory is nice, but nothing replaces actual experience.
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Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.
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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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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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I made a list of the happiest periods of my life & I realized that none of them involve money.
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Whatever you’re thinking, think bigger.
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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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Have fun. The game is a lot more enjoyable when you’re trying to do more than just make money.
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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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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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To never forget that the most important thing in life is the quality of life we lead.
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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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