If you organize your life around your passion, you can turn your passion into your story and then turn your story into something bigger – something that matters.
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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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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TOMS didn’t have to focus on advertising, but on giving in a way that’s sustainable.
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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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A good story transcends boundaries, breaks barriers and opens doors.
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[People] had never heard about someone giving something away every time they sold something.
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I think once you start traveling, you don’t stop
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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 goal isn’t how much money you make, but how much you help people.
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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.
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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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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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Complicated lives and heaps of possessions don’t necessarily bring happiness; in fact, they can bring the opposite.
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I surround myself with inspirational quotations.
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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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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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