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.
BLAKE MYCOSKIENo matter how convenient it is for us to reach out to people remotely, sometimes the most important task is to show up in person.
More Blake Mycoskie Quotes
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I surround myself with inspirational quotations.
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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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Your backpack is a part of your identity as a student.
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With technology today, companies are less in control of their brand
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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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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 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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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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I think once you start traveling, you don’t stop
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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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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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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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Instead of squirreling away your earnings early in your career, spend on experiences that will enrich your life – like diving with great white sharks. It can expose you to influential people who could open doors for you.
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TOMS is no longer a shoe company… we’re a one-for-one company.
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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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