Complicated lives and heaps of possessions don’t necessarily bring happiness; in fact, they can bring the opposite.
BLAKE MYCOSKIEBe 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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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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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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I surround myself with inspirational quotations.
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A leader can create a company, but a community creates a movement.
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Your backpack is a part of your identity as a student.
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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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A good story transcends boundaries, breaks barriers and opens doors.
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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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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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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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[Our employees] do it not because we pay them more, but because they want to be part of something.
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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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I think once you start traveling, you don’t stop
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Exercise your purchasing power as a consumer, volunteer and bring joy to those in need, and share your experiences, tell your stories, and inspire others along the way.
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I did what I think a lot of entrepreneurs do. I started putting up a lot of ads on Craigslist for interns.
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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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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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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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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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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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When you incorporate giving into your business in an authentic and transparent way, your customers become your best marketers.
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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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Giving is what fuels us. Giving is our future.
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The more you give, the more you live.
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