Hopefully 10 years from now people won’t even realize we started out selling shoes. They will just think about Zappos as a place to get the best customer service.
TONY HSIEHJust figure out what your personal values are then just make those the corporate values.
More Tony Hsieh Quotes
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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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If I was going to go into an office I wanted it to be with people I would choose to be around even if we didn’t have to work together and so that was one of the major reasons why I decided out of all the different companies we invested in to work with Zappos.
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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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Ask yourself: would you be comfortable printing everything your employees, customers & partners have to say about your culture?
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Envision, create, and believe in your own universe, and the universe will form around you.
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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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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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Learn by doing. Theory is nice, but nothing replaces actual experience.
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Zappos is a customer service company that just happens to sell shoes.
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Customer service shouldn’t just be A department, it should be the entire company.
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Chase the vision, not the money, the money will end up following you.
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Money alone isn’t enough to bring happiness… happiness is when you’re actually truly ok with losing everything you have.
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Your brand is your culture.
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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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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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