Episode 9: Tony Hsieh - Be Unapologetically True To Yourself

Tony Hsieh. Zappos.com CEO. Pickle Lover. Visionary. Humble. Entrapreneur. Author. Tony sold his first company at age 26 for $265 million. Yet that wasn't his biggest win to date. His most notable successes, which we discuss in the show, have nothing to do with money.

Show Notes

• Tony's recalled Why Not Now? moment revolves around a pizza business, not zappos.com
• How Tony tackles big projects.
• Science of Happiness and the three types of happiness.
• What it's like to live in an airstream trailer park with two alpacas
• What happened when Tony realized he was dreading going to work at his first internet company
• Insight into Tony's decision-making process. Art and Science.
• Training your intuition.
• Thoughts on chasing unicorns (real ones and those in Silicon Valley)
• Yesterbox. Tony's unique email management methodology
• A new form of meditation invested by Mr. Hsieh himself.
• The most underestimated technology trend.
• The ultimate tool for keeping your Why Not Now? top of mind.
• Number one piece of advice.

Book & Websites mentioned:

• Getting Things Done by David Allen
• Blink by Malcolm Gladwell
• What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly
• Systems Thinking by Jamshid Gharajedaghi
• Organized for complexity by Niels Pflaeging
• The 7th Sense by Joshua Cooper Ramo
• Yesterbox.com (Tony's email methodology)
• Wait But Why? (blog)

Learn more about Tony: https://www.deliveringhappiness.com/tony-hsieh

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