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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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Tony Hsieh
Age: 46 †
Born: 1973
Born: December 12
Died: 2020
Died: November 27
Businessperson
Computer Scientist
Entrepreneur
Internet Entrepreneur
Urbana
Illinois
Xie Jiahua
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Success is getting to a point where you'd be truly OK with losing everything you have and starting over.
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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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Zappos is a customer service company that just happens to sell shoes.
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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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Every employee can affect your company's brand, not just the front-line employees that are paid to talk to your customers.
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Launching a business is kind of like a motorboat: You can go very quickly and turn fast.
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There's a big difference between motivation and inspiration: Inspire through values and motivation takes care of itself.
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A great brand is a story that never stops unfolding.
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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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The brand is just a lagging indicator of a company's culture.
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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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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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Studies find top 3 most stressful moments in people's lives: death, divorce, and properly pronouncing Worcestershire sauce.
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Zappos uses call center technology to track average call time per agent. But the goal isn't to reduce this average - it's more important that we make an emotional connection with the customer, rather than just quickly getting them off the phone.
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Don't be cocky. Don't be flashy. There's always someone better than you.
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Be true to yourself. If you follow that principle, a lot of decisions are actually pretty easy.
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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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Just figure out what your personal values are then just make those the corporate values.
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For individuals, character is destiny. For organizations, culture is destiny.
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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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