Giving builds loyal customers and turns those customers into supporters…You can find passion and profit and meaning all at once, right now.
BLAKE MYCOSKIEIf 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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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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TOMS didn’t have to focus on advertising, but on giving in a way that’s sustainable.
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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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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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When you incorporate giving into your business, you attract the most amazing partners.
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Giving 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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A good story transcends boundaries, breaks barriers and opens doors.
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Stories are the most primitive and purest form of communication.
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I surround myself with inspirational quotations.
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The goal isn’t how much money you make, but how much you help people.
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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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With technology today, companies are less in control of their brand
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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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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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Complicated lives and heaps of possessions don’t necessarily bring happiness; in fact, they can bring the opposite.
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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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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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A leader can create a company, but a community creates a movement.
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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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Giving is what fuels us. Giving is our future.
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When you incorporate giving into your business in an authentic and transparent way, your customers become your best marketers.
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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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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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The more you give, the more you live.
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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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