The goal isn’t how much money you make, but how much you help people.
BLAKE MYCOSKIEGiving 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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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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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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The most important step of all is the first step. Start something.
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When you incorporate giving into your business, you attract the most amazing partners.
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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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[People] had never heard about someone giving something away every time they sold something.
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Giving is what fuels us. Giving is our future.
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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 greatest competitive advantage is to allow your employees to be part of something. Something bigger than what you’re doing.
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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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With technology today, companies are less in control of their brand
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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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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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[Our employees] do it not because we pay them more, but because they want to be part of something.
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