The greatest competitive advantage is to allow your employees to be part of something. Something bigger than what you’re doing.
BLAKE MYCOSKIEWhen you incorporate giving into your business in an authentic and transparent way, your customers become your best marketers.
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[People] had never heard about someone giving something away every time they sold something.
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The more you give, the more you live.
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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 goal isn’t how much money you make, but how much you help people.
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Giving is what fuels us. Giving is our future.
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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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[Our employees] do it not because we pay them more, but because they want to be part of something.
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TOMS is no longer a shoe company… we’re a one-for-one company.
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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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When you incorporate giving into your business, you attract the most amazing partners.
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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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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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Stories are the most primitive and purest form of communication.
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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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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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