When you incorporate giving into your business, you attract the most amazing partners.
BLAKE MYCOSKIEBe 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.
More Blake Mycoskie Quotes
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The most important step of all is the first step. Start something.
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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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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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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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[Our employees] do it not because we pay them more, but because they want to be part of something.
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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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The more you give, the more you live.
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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 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 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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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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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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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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Complicated lives and heaps of possessions don’t necessarily bring happiness; in fact, they can bring the opposite.
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I surround myself with inspirational quotations.
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