Success is getting to a point where you’d be truly OK with losing everything you have and starting over.
TONY HSIEHEvery employee can affect your company’s brand, not just the front-line employees that are paid to talk to your customers.
More Tony Hsieh Quotes
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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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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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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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Ask yourself: would you be comfortable printing everything your employees, customers & partners have to say about your culture?
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I’d rather spend money on things that improve the customer experience than on marketing.
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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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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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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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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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Most companies are very quick to hire and slow to fire, when really it should be the other way around.
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Your brand is your culture.
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Most innovation comes from outside your industry applied to your own
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Problems are just mile markers. Each one we pass means we’ve gotten better.
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Zappos is a customer service company that just happens to sell shoes.
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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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