TOMS is no longer a shoe company… we’re a one-for-one company.
BLAKE MYCOSKIEComplicated lives and heaps of possessions don’t necessarily bring happiness; in fact, they can bring the opposite.
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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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Complicated lives and heaps of possessions don’t necessarily bring happiness; in fact, they can bring the opposite.
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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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The most important things are actually the easiest to obtain: great friends, good food, and a decent bottle of wine.
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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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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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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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I think once you start traveling, you don’t stop
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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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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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[People] had never heard about someone giving something away every time they sold something.
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With technology today, companies are less in control of their brand
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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 good story transcends boundaries, breaks barriers and opens doors.
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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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