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Learn by doing. Theory is nice, but nothing replaces actual experience.

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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
Tony Xie
Experience
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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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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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Don't be cocky. Don't be flashy. There's always someone better than you.
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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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You've gotta love the game. To become really good, you need to live it and sleep it.
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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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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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Inspire other communities and cities to reinvent themselves.
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Your personal core values define who you are, and a company's core values ultimately define the company's character and brand. For individuals, character is destiny. For organizations, culture is destiny.
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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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Most companies are very quick to hire and slow to fire, when really it should be the other way around.
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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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Just figure out what your personal values are then just make those the corporate values.
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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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Instead of getting an iPad, I now use my iPhone with a giant magnifying glass attached to my face.
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Good businesses generate missions to drive their profits. Great businesses generate profits to drive their missions.
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SEO expertise is a core need for today's online businesses.
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A great brand is a story that never stops unfolding.
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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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Things are never as bad or as good as they seem.
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