Stop chasing the money and start chasing the passion.
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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Ask yourself: would you be comfortable printing everything your employees, customers & partners have to say about your culture?
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Without conscious and deliberate effort, inertia always wins.
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Have fun. The game is a lot more enjoyable when you’re trying to do more than just make money.
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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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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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Things are never as bad or as good as they seem.
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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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Whatever you’re thinking, think bigger.
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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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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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Your culture is your brand.
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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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Good businesses generate missions to drive their profits. Great businesses generate profits to drive their missions.
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Customer service shouldn’t just be A department, it should be the entire company.
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Our customers call and e-mail us to say that’s how it feels when a Zappos box arrives. And that’s how we view this company.
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