{"id":2856,"date":"2010-09-22T09:24:18","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T15:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/22\/new-book-delivering-happiness\/"},"modified":"2010-09-22T09:24:18","modified_gmt":"2010-09-22T15:24:18","slug":"new-book-delivering-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/2010\/09\/22\/new-book-delivering-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"New Book: Delivering Happiness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"clear: both\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Delivering-Happiness-Profits-Passion-Purpose\/dp\/0446563048\/jusanoday08-20\" class=\"image-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tomchak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Delivering-Happiness_-Hits-Bookshelves-thumb1.jpg\" height=\"689\" width=\"525\" style=\" text-align: center; display: block; margin: 0 auto 10px;\" \/><\/a>The visionary CEO of Zappos explains how an emphasis on corporate culture can lead to unprecedented success. <\/p>\n<p style=\"clear: both\">Pay new employees $2000 to quit. Make customer service the entire company, not just a department. Focus on company culture as the #1 priority. Apply research from the science of happiness to running a business. Help employees grow both personally and professionally. Seek to change the world. Oh, and make money too. <\/p>\n<p style=\"clear: both\">Sound crazy? It&#8217;s all standard operating procedure at Zappos.com, the online retailer that&#8217;s doing over $1 billion in gross merchandise sales every year. <\/p>\n<p style=\"clear: both\">In 1999, Tony Hsieh (pronounced Shay) sold LinkExchange, the company he co-founded, to Microsoft for $265 million. He then joined Zappos as an adviser and investor, and eventually became CEO. <\/p>\n<p style=\"clear: both\">In 2009, Zappos was listed as one of Fortune magazine&#8217;s top 25 companies to work for, and was acquired by Amazon later that year in a deal valued at over $1.2 billion on the day of closing. <\/p>\n<p style=\"clear: both\">In his first book, Tony shares the different business lessons he learned in life, from a lemonade stand and pizza business through LinkExchange, Zappos, and more. Ultimately, he shows how using happiness as a framework can produce profits, passion, and purpose both in business and in life. <\/p>\n<p style=\"clear: both\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Delivering-Happiness-Profits-Passion-Purpose\/dp\/0446563048\/jusanoday08-20\" target=\"_blank\">Buy it on Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><br class=\"final-break\" style=\"clear: both\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The visionary CEO of Zappos explains how an emphasis on corporate culture can lead to unprecedented success. Pay new employees $2000 to quit. Make customer service the entire company, not just a department. Focus on company culture as the #1 priority. Apply research from the science of happiness to running a business. 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