I surround myself with inspirational quotations.
BLAKE MYCOSKIESetbacks 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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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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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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The most important step of all is the first step. Start something.
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[People] had never heard about someone giving something away every time they sold something.
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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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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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Your backpack is a part of your identity as a student.
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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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A leader can create a company, but a community creates a movement.
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A good story transcends boundaries, breaks barriers and opens doors.
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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 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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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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With technology today, companies are less in control of their brand
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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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