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In Delivering Happiness, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh shares the different lessons he has learned in business and life, from starting a worm farm to running a pizza business, through LinkExchange, Zappos, and more.
In this article, we argue that there is one essential area where companies can create enormous social value: job satisfaction. Because of the connection between happiness at work and overall life satisfaction, improving employee happiness could make a material difference to the world’s 2.
Cultivating trusting, committed relationships between bosses and employees is critical for a company's growth and success.
From fluctuating financial markets and unique commodities such as gold to industry competition, there are multiple factors that can undermine a fledgling business and ruin a pre-existing relationship between friends and family members.
Why some are always trying to please people at work while others are looking for a fight.
Entrepreneurship doesn’t come without its fair share of social interactions. From events to meetings, with investors and peers, entrepreneurs have to build good relationships through their networking skills. But a relationship is not built over cards exchanged at an event, it takes effort.
It’s natural to get defensive, but that only escalates the cycle of aggression.
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Figuring out what to say—or what not to say—can feel daunting.
We cannot make another person change his or her steps to an old dance, but if we change our own steps, the dance no longer can continue in the same predictable pattern.
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We meet no ordinary people in our lives.
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