For me, my role is about unleashing what people already have inside them that is maybe suppressed in most work environments.

Success is getting to a point where you'd be truly OK with losing everything you have and starting over.

Our society in general has is more money equals more happiness and all the research has shown that that's true up to a point, up until you can get your basic needs met, but then really there is other stuff that has a much bigger impact on your happiness besides just money.

I made a list of the happiest periods of my life & I realized that none of them involve money.

Your culture is your brand.

I think the most important thing is just if you hire people whose personal values match the corporate core values - and not just the stated ones.

We asked ourselves what we wanted this company to stand for. We didn't want to just sell shoes. I wasn't even into shoes - but I was passionate about customer service.