Learn by doing. Theory is nice, but nothing replaces actual experience.
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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Customer service shouldn’t just be A department, it should be the entire company.
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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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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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Good businesses generate missions to drive their profits. Great businesses generate profits to drive their missions.
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Most innovation comes from outside your industry applied to your own
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We asked ourselves what we wanted this company to stand for. We didn’t want to just sell shoes. I wasn’t even into shoes – but I was passionate about customer service.
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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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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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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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Your personal core values define who you are, and a company’s core values ultimately define the company’s character and brand. For individuals, character is destiny. For organizations, culture is destiny.
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The brand is just a lagging indicator of a company’s culture.
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If you’re worried about putting food on the table or putting a roof over your head, that stress is definitely will contribute to unhappiness, but once you have your basic needs met then incremental money.
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The best leaders are servant leaders – they serve those they lead.
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Whatever you are thinking, think bigger.
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The best businesses are really ones that can combine passion, profits, and purpose.
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