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.
BLAKE MYCOSKIEYour backpack is a part of your identity as a student.
More Blake Mycoskie Quotes
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A leader can create a company, but a community creates a movement.
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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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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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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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A good story transcends boundaries, breaks barriers and opens doors.
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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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Stories are the most primitive and purest form of communication.
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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.
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Giving builds loyal customers and turns those customers into supporters…You can find passion and profit and meaning all at once, right now.
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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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[Our employees] do it not because we pay them more, but because they want to be part of something.
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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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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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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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