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.
BLAKE MYCOSKIENo matter how convenient it is for us to reach out to people remotely, sometimes the most important task is to show up in person.
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TOMS is no longer a shoe company… we’re a one-for-one company.
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I am a big believer in the value of traveling while you are young. The experiences you have in other countries can inspire greatness.
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The goal isn’t how much money you make, but how much you help people.
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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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I think once you start traveling, you don’t stop
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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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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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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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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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Your backpack is a part of your identity as a student.
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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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Someday’ is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.… If it’s important to you and you want to do it ‘eventually,’ just do it and correct course 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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Instead of squirreling away your earnings early in your career, spend on experiences that will enrich your life – like diving with great white sharks. It can expose you to influential people who could open doors for you.
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