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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
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Internet
Today
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Seo
Expertise
Businesses
Online

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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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The problem when someone feels burned out, bored, unchallenged, or stifled by their work is not the job itself but rather the environment and playground rules given to them to do the job at hand.
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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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Most companies are very quick to hire and slow to fire, when really it should be the other way around.
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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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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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Instead of getting an iPad, I now use my iPhone with a giant magnifying glass attached to my face.
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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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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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Launching a business is kind of like a motorboat: You can go very quickly and turn fast.
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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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Have fun. The game is a lot more enjoyable when you're trying to do more than just make money.
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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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A great brand is a story that never stops unfolding.
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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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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 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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For individuals, character is destiny. For organizations, culture is destiny.
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Zappos is a customer service company that just happens to sell shoes.
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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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