“In DELIVERING HAPPINESS, Tony reveals the secret to his success at such a young age: leadership in culture and happiness.”
—Lance Armstrong
I was incredibly pleased when UPS delivered an envelope containing no other than Zappos.com’s brand new book: Delivering Happiness. The best part? It doesn’t even come out for another 23 days.
The Book:
Tony Hsieh joined Zappos as an advisor and eventually became CEO through his guiding principles of: Customer Service First, Always. He grew Zappos.com into Fortune Magazine’s top 25 companies to work for. This book tells readers the story behind his success, great business lessons he gained from lemonade stands to a pizza business and beyond. As a firm believer in Zappos policies and infrastructure, I’m pleased to read the advanced copy and learn about the PASSION behind the brand. An incredible fit with GirlmeetsGeek’s own mission!
“Ultimately he shows how using happiness as a framework can produce profits, passion and purpose in both business and life.” - Delivering Happiness, 2010
The Contest:
Want to win your very own advanced copy, plus the opportunity to guest blog your review on GirlmeetsGeek? All you have to do is tweet @girlmeetsgeek why you should win a chance to review, and write-about the much, anticipated copy of the book. All I ask for is an honest tweet, and honest review. Once you’ve tweeted? Leave me a comment on the site and let me know. Winners will be drawnMonday, May 17th and winner will be notified via Twitter. It’s as easy as that: Tweet, Comment and WIN!
Find Out More about the book: http://www.deliveringhappinessbook.com/
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I would use the book along with Drive and Linchpin to aid me in my quest to eliminate unemployment from the planet.
(Excerpt from the Dungon Master)
You have in your bag of holding the following weapons:
A +20 tome of motivation (Drive)
A +20 book of value (Linchpin)
An unidentified book that looks new and powerful. Though you cannot discern exactly, it does seem to have powerful magical properties to make employees happy and productive. There are ancient runes on the book that seem to say ‘Delivering Happiness”. Perhaps it is a recipie book.
(end excerpt)
Hi Kate-Madonna. As I tweeted, I am particularly interested in learning and writing about Delivering Happiness’ lessons on becoming a great employer, and even more specifically how the experiences of this for-profit success might crossover to benefit nonprofit organizations and social enterprises.
I think that this would be a great book for me to read and review. I have always strived for excellent customer service in taking care of people. To ensure that a person feels that they are heard and that they matter. You can never please everyone, but doing your best to care for their needs goes a VERY long way.
- Thanks Kate
Hi Kate,
Glad to see I haven’t missed the window on this one. I am most intrigued because a favorite business book of mine is “Building the Happiness Centered Business” by Dr. Paddi Lund. So the title “Delivering Happiness” caught my attention.
I believe happiness is tied to gratitude. If I’m thankful, I’m happy. So if I can inspire my client to respond to my service with sincere gratitude (immediate and ongoing), I am confident that my client is happy. So I’m intrigued to hear the author’s insight on this.
It seems so cliche, but Tony Hsieh really has worked his way up from nothing. Proof of what having clear vision and instituting best practices can achieve.
Can I haz Delivering Happiness?