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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.

Tony Hsieh

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).
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Big Connection Control Happiness Relationship Vision
Most companies are very quick to hire and slow to fire, when really it should be the other way around.
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Company Fire Quick Recruitment Slow Way
What’s the best way to build a brand for the long term? In a word: culture.
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Best Brand Build Business Culture Way
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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Company Employee End Engagement Profit Purpose See
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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Aware Beyond Evolution Growth Hard Myself Thinking
Just figure out what your personal values are then just make those the corporate values.
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Corporate Personal Value
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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Different End Exposure Force Life Science Thinking Yourself
Twitter is like hugging. Just because it’s hard to measure the return on investment doesn’t mean there isn’t value there.
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Hard Hug Measurement Value
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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Easy Enjoyment Equality Life Money Society Thinking
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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Avoid Contact Corporation Cost Eyes Hall
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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Business Culture Employee Forget Goodness Happiness Service Suffering
Most innovation comes from outside your industry applied to your own
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Industry Innovation Yourself
SEO expertise is a core need for today’s online businesses.
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Business Day Digital Need Online
Business is all about learning to balance the short-term, medium-term and long-term and I think it’s when things are going well it covers up a lot of mistakes and bad decisions because you’re growing so quickly.
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Balance Business Decision Growth Learning Mistake Quick
Help inspire people to realize they are capable of changing the world.
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Change Help Inspirational World
Good businesses generate missions to drive their profits. Great businesses generate profits to drive their missions.
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Business Drive Goodness Greatness Profit

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