Who?
Anyone interested in entrepreneurship, leadership, or management.
When?
No rush.
Why?
It’s an interesting book from a successful, serial entrepreneur.
Best Quote
Happiness is really just about four things: perceived control, perceived progress, connectedness (number and depth of your relationships), and vision/meaning (being part of something bigger than yourself).
Tied with
Without conscious and deliberate effort, inertia always wins.
Review
Tony Hsieh writes in Delivering Happiness that he wanted to complete it without a ghost writer, which is admirable in a way, but ultimately, it shows as the book wonders, has odd tangents, and does not keep a consistent tone or message. Despite those problems though, Delivering Happiness is a valuable read and one that I recommend to many people.
Tony is a serial entrepreneur – having seemingly stumbled into a dot com advertising success early in his career, made an attempt at running an investment fund, and then moved into the leadership position with Zappos after his fund invested in them. There is a lot to learn from him, and he carries a strong message of culture, training, customer service, and passion that has been told in one form or another of the follow-your-dreams talk nearly everyone of us got several times during our youth, but of course, someone that has actually lived that and been successful always renews our belief that following your dreams really is all that it takes.
Last Word
Without a doubt, Delivering Happiness is worth reading. There are a lot of valuable lessons, and Tony comes across as a great guy. That being said, I wouldn’t put this book at the top of any reading list as I think it could have benefited from a more experienced writer.
