Blake Mycoskie Quotes - Page 2

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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.

  Blake Mycoskie

  Notebook, Technology, Simple

  Twitter post from Sep 21, 2011

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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.

  Blake Mycoskie

  Motivational, Past, Careers

  Blake Mycoskie (2012). “Start Something That Matters”, p.58, Random House

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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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  Stress, People, Together

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• Almost every morning I write in my journal. I've been keeping it for a long time - I've filled more than 50 books. I write about what's going on in my personal and spiritual life or what's going on at work. It helps me keep things in perspective, especially when things get crazy or I get stressed or we have obstacles.

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  Spiritual, Morning, Crazy

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• Facts are neutral until human beings add their own meaning to those facts. People make their decisions based on what the facts mean to them, not on the facts themselves. The meaning they add to facts depends on their current story … facts are not terribly useful to influencing others. People don’t need new facts—they need a new story.

  Blake Mycoskie

  Mean, People, Decision

  Blake Mycoskie (2012). “Start Something That Matters”, p.27, Random House

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• TOMS is no longer a shoe company... we're a one-for-one company.

  Blake Mycoskie

  Shoes, Company, Toms

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• Giving is what fuels us. Giving is our future.

  Blake Mycoskie

  Giving, Fuel, Our Future

  Twitter post from Mar 03, 2017

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• Simplicity is simple. Perhaps this sounds redundant. But it's true, and it's important.

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  Simple, Simplicity, Important

  Twitter post from Feb 22, 2017

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• The most important things are actually the easiest to obtain: great friends, good food, and a decent bottle of wine.

  Blake Mycoskie

  Wine, Important, Bottles

  Blake Mycoskie (2012). “Start Something That Matters”, p.118, Random House

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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.

  Blake Mycoskie

  Motivational, Real, School

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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.

  Blake Mycoskie

  Shoes, Ideas, People

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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.

  Blake Mycoskie

  Sleep, Different, Used

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• When you incorporate giving into your business, you attract the most amazing partners.

  Blake Mycoskie

  Giving, Most Amazing, Partners

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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.

  Blake Mycoskie

  Jobs, Team, Giving

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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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  Sharks, Careers, White

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• Your backpack is a part of your identity as a student.

  Blake Mycoskie

  Identity, Students

  "Charlize Theron's Summertime Style Is Cool, Effortless, and Surprisingly Meaningful". Interview with Jessica Kantor, www.glamour.com. July 8, 2016.

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• With technology today, companies are less in control of their brand

  Blake Mycoskie

  Technology, Today, Company

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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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  Ideas, Lunch, Who I Am

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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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  Motivational, Needs, Today

  Twitter post from Mar 29, 2017

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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.

  Blake Mycoskie

  Believe, Entrepreneur, Waiting

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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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  Risk, Break, Bigs

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• TOMS didn't have to focus on advertising, but on giving in a way that's sustainable.

  Blake Mycoskie

  Giving, Focus, 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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  Want, Pay, Employee

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• Stories are the most primitive and purest form of communication.

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  Communication, Stories, Form

  Blake Mycoskie (2012). “Start Something That Matters”, p.25, Random House

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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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  Educational, Giving, Feel Good

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