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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.

Blake Mycoskie

Complicated lives and heaps of possessions don’t necessarily bring happiness; in fact, they can bring the opposite.
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Complicated Facts Opposites
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 didn’t have to focus on advertising, but on giving in a way that’s sustainable.
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Focus Giving Way
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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Exercise Joy Volunteer
The most important step of all is the first step. Start something.
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Firsts Important Step
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
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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Giving Jobs Team
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
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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Doe Feel Good Giving
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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People Stress Together
TOMS is no longer a shoe company… we’re a one-for-one company.
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Company Shoes Toms
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
When you incorporate giving into your business in an authentic and transparent way, your customers become your best marketers.
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Giving Marketer Way
The more you give, the more you live.
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Abundance Baby True Love
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
Stories are the most primitive and purest form of communication.
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Communication Form Stories

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