Just figure out what your personal values are then just make those the corporate values.
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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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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Help inspire people to realize they are capable of changing the world.
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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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We decided that if we get the culture right, most of the stuff, like building a brand around delivering the very best customer service, will just take care of itself.
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A bigger business is like a cruise ship: There are lots of amenities and you can go a lot further, but it’s harder to turn quickly.
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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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Success is getting to a point where you’d be truly OK with losing everything you have and starting over.
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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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Good businesses generate missions to drive their profits. Great businesses generate profits to drive their missions.
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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 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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Most innovation comes from outside your industry applied to your own
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Zappos is a customer service company that just happens to sell shoes.
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For me, my role is about unleashing what people already have inside them that is maybe suppressed in most work environments.
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