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Delivering Happiness A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose

Tony Hsieh

The visionary CEO of Zappos explains how an emphasis on corporate culture can lead to unprecedented success.

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Freakonomics Radio

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Freakonomics Radio

It was a book published by Tony Hsieh, who was the CEO of Zappos, that was discussed prior to his death in 2015. It was mentioned that both Stephen Dubner and Steve Levitt found it interesting.

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Both of us were really taken with Hsieh himself and a book he published called Delivering Happiness.

— Episode: PLAYBACK (2015): Could the Next Brooklyn...

Episode: PLAYBACK (2015): Could the Next Brooklyn Be ... La...

It was a book published by Tony Hsieh, who was the CEO of Zappos, that was discussed prior to his death in 2015. It was mentioned that both Stephen Dubner and Steve Levitt found it interesting.

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Both of us were really taken with Hsieh himself and a book he published called Delivering Happiness.

How I Built This with Guy Raz

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How I Built This with Guy Raz

It was described as mind-blowing and inspiring, particularly as the speaker had attended the same college and dorm as the author, influencing their entrepreneurial journey.

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When I read Delivering Happiness, Tony's book about building Zappos, it totally blew my mind.

— Episode: Delivering the future in drones with Kel...

Episode: Delivering the future in drones with Keller Rinaud...

It was described as mind-blowing and inspiring, particularly as the speaker had attended the same college and dorm as the author, influencing their entrepreneurial journey.

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When I read Delivering Happiness, Tony's book about building Zappos, it totally blew my mind.

REAL AF with Andy Frisella

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REAL AF with Andy Frisella

The book was mentioned in the context of another book, "The Purple Cow," as a similarly impactful read. The host ranked it highly amongst his influential books.

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purple cow is definitely i think the number one most influential book i read yeah yeah because it made me understand shit instantly

— Episode: Don't Discount Yourself, with Andy Frise...

Episode: Don't Discount Yourself, with Andy Frisella - MFCE...

The book was mentioned in the context of another book, "The Purple Cow," as a similarly impactful read. The host ranked it highly amongst his influential books.

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purple cow is definitely i think the number one most influential book i read yeah yeah because it made me understand shit instantly

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It was described as one of the speaker's favorite books. The book's policy of offering money to potential employees to not take the job, to avoid bad hires, was discussed.

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Delivering Happiness is one of my favorite books.

if you read Delivering Happiness the story of Zappos by their CEO they Tony Hsieh they basically they pay people it's like fucking two grand or twenty five hundred bucks or something or maybe it's ten grand I don't remember what the amount was but it was they pay people after they're qualified to say hey here's two grand to not take the job or here's ten grand and not take the job because dude you know what the truth is that's cheaper than hiring him having that work out.

Episode: We Talking Business Like It's 1999, with Andy Fris...

It was mentioned as a good book about creating and instilling company culture, particularly the importance of core values and their impact on customer and employee experience.

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A good book on that is Delivering Happiness by Tony Shea.

The Daily Stoic

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The Daily Stoic

It's a book by Tony Hsieh that discussed his approach to business, specifically the holocracy model he implemented at Zappos. The speaker noted that while some of Hsieh's experiments worked, others did not.

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he really tried this holocracy approach inside of his company where it was like a level playing field for everyone like really pushing the boundaries. He had a great book called delivering happiness.

— Episode: Kevin Rose On Staying Healthy With Entre...

Episode: Kevin Rose On Staying Healthy With Entrepreneurshi...

It's a book by Tony Hsieh that discussed his approach to business, specifically the holocracy model he implemented at Zappos. The speaker noted that while some of Hsieh's experiments worked, others did not.

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he really tried this holocracy approach inside of his company where it was like a level playing field for everyone like really pushing the boundaries. He had a great book called delivering happiness.

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