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).
TONY HSIEHI made a list of the happiest periods of my life & I realized that none of them involve money.
More Tony Hsieh Quotes
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The brand is just a lagging indicator of a company’s culture.
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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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Inspire other communities and cities to reinvent themselves.
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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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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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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.
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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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I believe that there’s something interesting about anyone and everyone – you just have to figure out what that something is.
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Get the culture right, and everything else just falls into place.
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The best businesses are really ones that can combine passion, profits, and purpose.
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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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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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Help inspire people to realize they are capable of changing the world.
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Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.
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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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