There’s a big difference between motivation and inspiration: Inspire through values and motivation takes care of itself.
TONY HSIEHTwitter is like hugging. Just because it’s hard to measure the return on investment doesn’t mean there isn’t value there.
More Tony Hsieh Quotes
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Envision, create, and believe in your own universe, and the universe will form around you.
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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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The best leaders are servant leaders – they serve those they lead.
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Zappos is a customer service company that just happens to sell shoes.
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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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Whatever you’re thinking, think bigger.
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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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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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The biggest (and hardest) lesson I’ve learned in life is that the external world is just a reflection of the world within.
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The best businesses are really ones that can combine passion, profits, and purpose.
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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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Be true to yourself. If you follow that principle, a lot of decisions are actually pretty easy.
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To never forget that the most important thing in life is the quality of life we lead.
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What’s the best way to build a brand for the long term? In a word: culture.
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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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