"It's not that I'm altruistic. I'm sacrificing nothing. I've just learned what makes me happy. And doing it this way made me the happiest."
I often think about how this mentality equates to business. For example, we generally think about business profit growth as healthy, but what if a business is sustainable, does not grow in profits but can somehow grow "happiness" with customers, investors, employees, etc. In a sense the business is not necessarily being altruistic, it's just recognizing what makes people more dedicated to the business. When thinking about Zappos I generally wonder if this wasn't their strategy for many years.
"It's not that I'm altruistic. I'm sacrificing nothing. I've just learned what makes me happy. And doing it this way made me the happiest."
I often think about how this mentality equates to business. For example, we generally think about business profit growth as healthy, but what if a business is sustainable, does not grow in profits but can somehow grow "happiness" with customers, investors, employees, etc. In a sense the business is not necessarily being altruistic, it's just recognizing what makes people more dedicated to the business. When thinking about Zappos I generally wonder if this wasn't their strategy for many years.