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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Make the most out of every single day you have on earth and be thankful for them.
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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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When you incorporate giving into your business, you attract the most amazing partners.
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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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The most important things are actually the easiest to obtain: great friends, good food, and a decent bottle of wine.
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A leader can create a company, but a community creates a movement.
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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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[People] had never heard about someone giving something away every time they sold something.
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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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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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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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The most important step of all is the first step. Start something.
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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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