didn’t know it at the time, but ten years later I would learn that research from the field of the science of happiness would confirm that the combina… - Tony Hsieh

The combination of physical synchrony with other humans and being part of something bigger than oneself (and thus losing momentarily a sense of self) leads to a greater sense of happiness.

Yet no matter how much better we get, we’ll always have hard work to do, we’ll never be done, and we’ll never get it right.

So there are no experts in what we’re doing. Except for us: we are becoming experts as we do this. And for anyone we bring on board, the best expertise they can bring is expertise at learning and adapting and figuring new things out — helping the company grow, and in the process they will also be growing themselves.

The combination of physical synchrony with other humans and being part of something bigger than oneself (and thus losing momentarily a sense of self) leads to a greater sense of happiness.