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 HSIEHGet the culture right, and everything else just falls into place.
More Tony Hsieh Quotes
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Success is getting to a point where you’d be truly OK with losing everything you have and starting over.
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Whatever you are thinking, think bigger.
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Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you.
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Don’t play games that you don’t understand, even if you see lots of other people making money from them.
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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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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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Happiness is really just about four things: perceived control, perceived progress, connectedness (number and depth of your relationships), and vision/meaning (being part of something bigger than yourself).
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Be true to yourself. If you follow that principle, a lot of decisions are actually pretty easy.
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Good businesses generate missions to drive their profits. Great businesses generate profits to drive their missions.
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The best leaders are servant leaders – they serve those they lead.
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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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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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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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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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The brand is just a lagging indicator of a company’s culture.
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