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With technology today, companies are less in control of their brand

Blake Mycoskie

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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Motivational Real School
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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Motivational Obstacle Success
Your backpack is a part of your identity as a student.
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Backpack Identity Students
[Our employees] do it not because we pay them more, but because they want to be part of something.
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Employee Pay Want
TOMS didn’t have to focus on advertising, but on giving in a way that’s sustainable.
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Focus Giving Way
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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Doors Memorable Stories
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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Advantage Bigger Employee
The goal isn’t how much money you make, but how much you help people.
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Goal Helping People
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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Ideas Love Lunch People Scare
No 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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Grateful Important People
A leader can create a company, but a community creates a movement.
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Community Leader Movement
The more you give, the more you live.
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Abundance Baby True Love
When you incorporate giving into your business, you attract the most amazing partners.
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Amazing Giving Most Partners
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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Customer Educational Loyal Passion
I did what I think a lot of entrepreneurs do. I started putting up a lot of ads on Craigslist for interns.
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Craigslist Entrepreneur Thinking
TOMS is no longer a shoe company… we’re a one-for-one company.
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Company Shoes Toms

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