Blake Mycoskie Quotes
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One day, when I own a house, I'll keep a library full of books. Books are different from other possessions-they're more like friends.
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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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When you don't know the rules, you break them all. It's hard to take big risks when you know the history of an industry and what has worked and what didn't.
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My goal was to go back to Argentina, and give them all-all the shoes-away. Not just to give them away, but to place them on each child's foot.
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Giving feels good, but it's also good for the bottom line. Charity is a viable growth strategy for a lot of companies. Our customers get excited to be a part of what we're doing. If you ask anyone wearing Toms how they first heard about us, most won't mention an advertisement; they'll say a friend told them our story.
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I think once you start traveling, you don’t stop.
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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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Who is Tom? There is no Tom. If we sell a pair of shoes today, we give away a pair of shoes tomorrow. Originally we thought of "Tomorrow's Shoes," but I could only fit "TOMS" on the label. I had no idea everybody would want to meet him. There is no Tom; it's an idea for a better tomorrow.
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We believe Skype in the Classroom will be a milestone in inspiring the next generation of social entrepreneurs and we can't wait to connect students with TOMS partners.
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People always ask me, when I had the idea for TOMS, did it change my life? As romantic and noble as it is, no it did not change my life. But when I went to Argentina on that first shoe-drop, it did change my life.
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Simplicity is simple. Perhaps this sounds redundant. But it's true, and it's important.
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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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I surround myself with inspirational quotations. This easy-to-follow piece of advice has played a huge role in my being able to get past my own fears and insecurities throughout my entrepreneurial career.
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If you just go out and try to make money by starting a business, you're going to come up with something that's just like what everyone else has done. But if you look at the world and see opportunities that can be taken more seriously, then you come up with a great idea.
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If whatever you do helps just one person, you've done something wonderful.
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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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Your backpack is a part of your identity as a student.
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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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I surround myself with inspirational quotations.
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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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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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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 don't get jet lagged that much. I'm so used to traveling and being in different places every day that I can sleep anywhere.
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People had never heard about someone giving something away every time they sold something.