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.
BLAKE MYCOSKIEKeep 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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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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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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When you incorporate giving into your business, you attract the most amazing partners.
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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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A good story transcends boundaries, breaks barriers and opens doors.
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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.
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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 more you give, the more you live.
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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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TOMS didn’t have to focus on advertising, but on giving in a way that’s sustainable.
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Giving is what fuels us. Giving is our future.
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With technology today, companies are less in control of their brand
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TOMS is no longer a shoe company… we’re a one-for-one company.
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Stories are the most primitive and purest form of communication.
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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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[Our employees] do it not because we pay them more, but because they want to be part of something.
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I surround myself with inspirational quotations.
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I am a big believer in the value of traveling while you are young. The experiences you have in other countries can inspire greatness.
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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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Your backpack is a part of your identity as a student.
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The goal isn’t how much money you make, but how much you help people.
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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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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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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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