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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.

Tony Hsieh

Learn by doing. Theory is nice, but nothing replaces actual experience.
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Big Learning Thinking
Be true to yourself. If you follow that principle, a lot of decisions are actually pretty easy.
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Decision Easy Principle True Yourself
Get the culture right, and everything else just falls into place.
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Culture Fall Place Right
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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Company Employee End Engagement Profit Purpose See
Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you.
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End Follow Money Vision
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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Aware Beyond Evolution Growth Hard Myself Thinking
The best leaders are servant leaders – they serve those they lead.
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Leadership Service
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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Environment Myself People Role Work
Good businesses generate missions to drive their profits. Great businesses generate profits to drive their missions.
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Business Drive Goodness Greatness Profit
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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Different End Exposure Force Life Science Thinking Yourself
Help shape the stories that people are telling about you.
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Help People Story Yourself
Success is getting to a point where you’d be truly OK with losing everything you have and starting over.
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Lose Start Success True Yourself
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
Launching a business is kind of like a motorboat: You can go very quickly and turn fast.
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Business Fast Kind Quick Yourself
Just figure out what your personal values are then just make those the corporate values.
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Corporate Personal Value

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 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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