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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
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Learn by doing. Theory is nice, but nothing replaces actual experience.
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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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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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...the best leaders are servant leaders - they serve those they lead.
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You've gotta love the game. To become really good, you need to live it and sleep it.
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Sorry, investing was pretty boring and I really missed being part of building something. I felt like I was always standing on the sidelines, so Zappos... really liked the people there and got involved full-time and I've been full-time ever since.
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Zappos is a customer service company that just happens to sell shoes.
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Things are never as bad or as good as they seem.
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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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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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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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Just figure out what your personal values are then just make those the corporate values.
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We asked ourselves what we wanted this company to stand for. We didn't want to just sell shoes. I wasn't even into shoes - but I was passionate about customer service.
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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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Don't be cocky. Don't be flashy. There's always someone better than you.
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A lot of people realize I don't have to work in this job that I'm miserable at every year, or every day, and I don't have to live in, for example, New York City where it's super expensive and if I live somewhere else that is less expensive and could pursue my passion like, I can afford to do that.
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For individuals, character is destiny. For organizations, culture is destiny.
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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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