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.
TONY HSIEHAsk yourself: would you be comfortable printing everything your employees, customers & partners have to say about your culture?
More Tony Hsieh Quotes
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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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If there are too many competitors, even if you’re the best it’s a lot harder to win.
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Inspire other communities and cities to reinvent themselves.
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A great brand is a story that never stops unfolding.
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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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Get the culture right, and everything else just falls into place.
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Problems are just mile markers. Each one we pass means we’ve gotten better.
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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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For individuals, character is destiny. For organizations, culture is destiny.
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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 companies are very quick to hire and slow to fire, when really it should be the other way around.
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If you’re focused on the friendship as its own reward, serendipitous stuff just happens. I know that sounds weird, but I can tell you for our 12 years of existence, it’s actually how a lot of stuff happens.
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Without conscious and deliberate effort, inertia always wins.
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Good businesses generate missions to drive their profits. Great businesses generate profits to drive their missions.
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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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