The problem when someone feels burned out, bored, unchallenged, or stifled by their work is not the job itself but rather the environment and playground rules given to them to do the job at hand.
TONY HSIEHGet the culture right, and everything else just falls into place.
More Tony Hsieh Quotes
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Help inspire people to realize they are capable of changing the world.
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SEO expertise is a core need for today’s online businesses.
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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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I think the most important thing is just if you hire people whose personal values match the corporate core values – and not just the stated ones.
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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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Zappos is a customer service company that just happens to sell shoes.
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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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Money alone isn’t enough to bring happiness… happiness is when you’re actually truly ok with losing everything you have.
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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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Without conscious and deliberate effort, inertia always wins.
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Never accept or be too comfortable with the status quo, because the companies that get into trouble are historically the ones that aren’t able to adapt to change and respond quickly enough.
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Every employee can affect your company’s brand, not just the front-line employees that are paid to talk to your customers.
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Just figure out what your personal values are then just make those the corporate values.
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Twitter is like hugging. Just because it’s hard to measure the return on investment doesn’t mean there isn’t value there.
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The best businesses are really ones that can combine passion, profits, and purpose.
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