I’d rather spend money on things that improve the customer experience than on marketing.
TONY HSIEHHelp inspire people to realize they are capable of changing the world.
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I thought about how easily we are all brainwashed by our society and culture to stop thinking and just assume by default that more money equals more success and more happiness, when ultimately happiness is really just about enjoying life.
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The ultimate definition of success is: you could lose everything that you have and truly be okay with it. Your happiness isn’t based on external factors.
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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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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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Most companies are very quick to hire and slow to fire, when really it should be the other way around.
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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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Problems are just mile markers. Each one we pass means we’ve gotten better.
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Customer service shouldn’t just be A department, it should be the entire company.
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Whatever you’re thinking, think bigger.
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Help shape the stories that people are telling about you.
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Launching a business is kind of like a motorboat: You can go very quickly and turn fast.
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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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Envision, create, and believe in your own universe, and the universe will form around you.
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Open, honest communication is the best foundation for any relationship, but remember that at the end of the day it’s not what you say or what you do, but how you make people feel that matters the most.
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Whatever you are thinking, think bigger.
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