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 MYCOSKIEI did what I think a lot of entrepreneurs do. I started putting up a lot of ads on Craigslist for interns.
More Blake Mycoskie Quotes
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Giving is what fuels us. Giving is our future.
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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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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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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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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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Someday’ is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.… If it’s important to you and you want to do it ‘eventually,’ just do it and correct course along the way.
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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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A leader can create a company, but a community creates a movement.
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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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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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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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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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With technology today, companies are less in control of their brand
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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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[People] had never heard about someone giving something away every time they sold something.
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