When you have a memorable story about who you are and what your mission is, your success no longer depends on how experienced you are or how many degrees you have or who you know. A good story transcends boundaries, breaks barriers, and opens doors.
BLAKE MYCOSKIE[Our employees] do it not because we pay them more, but because they want to be part of something.
More Blake Mycoskie Quotes
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A leader can create a company, but a community creates a movement.
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TOMS didn’t have to focus on advertising, but on giving in a way that’s sustainable.
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When you’re buying a pair of TOMS, if you don’t feel like you’re part of a community, then I’ve failed.
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The most important step of all is the first step. Start something.
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Be tenacious. One thing that has allowed me to have some level of success is that I am fine with cold-calling people. It doesn’t scare me to call someone who has no idea who I am and say I’d love to take you to lunch.
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The goal isn’t how much money you make, but how much you help people.
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[People] had never heard about someone giving something away every time they sold something.
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The greatest competitive advantage is to allow your employees to be part of something. Something bigger than what you’re doing.
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When you incorporate giving into your business, you attract the most amazing partners.
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I don’t think college is for everyone. School is awesome, but for me, I was learning a lot more outside the classroom in the real world than I was in school.
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Your backpack is a part of your identity as a student.
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Setbacks and fear are inevitable. The thing that distinguishes the ultimate successes from the ultimate failures is this: What do you do with them?
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A good story transcends boundaries, breaks barriers and opens doors.
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Keep it simple: own as little as you can get away with, schedule everything, keep a notebook, don’t let technology enslave you.
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Exercise your purchasing power as a consumer, volunteer and bring joy to those in need, and share your experiences, tell your stories, and inspire others along the way.
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Giving is what fuels us. Giving is our future.
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TOMS is no longer a shoe company… we’re a one-for-one company.
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I think once you start traveling, you don’t stop
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[Our employees] do it not because we pay them more, but because they want to be part of something.
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If you organize your life around your passion, you can turn your passion into your story and then turn your story into something bigger – something that matters.
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When people start serving together, they forgot about all their stress, […] all their own problems. They start focusing on someone else’s.
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Giving does not just feel good, but it’s really, really good for business, and it’s good for your personal brand.
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What got us to where we are today is not going to get us to where we need to go tomorrow.
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Allow your team to incorporate giving into their life through their job. Not only do employees stay around a lot longer, they do a lot more good.
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Vogue Magazine does something really interesting here: They make it look like I know exactly what I’m doing. Because Vogue made it look like I knew exactly what I’m doing, stores from all over started calling.
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When you incorporate giving into your business in an authentic and transparent way, your customers become your best marketers.
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