Words matter. These are the best Blake Mycoskie Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
A very big passion of mine and that of the people that run our production is finding factories that have fair labor practices and treating them more like partners in our family than people just who are going to produce for us.
I’m not a late-night person. After 10 P.M., I’m falling asleep. If I’m out at that time, I’ll be the one falling asleep at dinner.
I can honestly say that TOMS is my future. I mean I have no desire to start any other company for as long as I live because this is the perfect blend of business and philanthropy to me.
I’ve been blessed with a lot of things in life, but God did not give me rhythm. Still, I love to dance – which past girlfriends always found hilarious.
I would never want to take TOMS or myself into an issues debate. That’s not what we’re about. We’re about helping people.
Life is more fun when you stop caring what other people think.
I think once you start traveling, you don’t stop.
Walk away from anyone who is unduly focused on vacation and compensation. It’s a sign of potential trouble. No matter how talented you are, if you don’t really want to work at TOMS, you’ll never work out here.
People often ask me what I consider my goal to be at TOMS. The truth is that it’s changed over the years. When we first began, the goal was to create a for-profit company to help the children that I met in a small village in Argentina.
When you’re buying a pair of TOMS, if you don’t feel like you’re part of a community, then I’ve failed.
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.
I love what I do, but it is hard to have a personal relationship when you’re never home.
As entrepreneurs, we often get pressured into hiring an industry executive. While it’s good to hire people with experience, it can also be a stumbling block because they think about the business the same way everyone else does.
One thing I’m so grateful for is sidestepping the usual venture capital, private equity route. My friends who have gone that way are many times beholden to their boards of directors, to ‘sell’ ideas to a team.
Giving builds loyal customers and turns those customers into supporters… You can find passion and profit and meaning all at once, right now.
I think sometimes we forget what we have, and occasionally it’s important to remind ourselves.
I would have never imagined that I’d become a shoe salesman so that I could give away shoes. I mean that idea is ludicrous.
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.
I think the word ‘social entrepreneur’ is a really good description of what I am. What that means me to is that you have the entrepreneurial gift and spirit to create something out of nothing.
I feel a deep sense of responsibility to share everything that we’ve learned from TOMS, so that others can learn from both our mistakes and the counterintuitive principles that have guided our success.
I believe each of us has a mission in life, and that one cannot truly be living their most fulfilled life until they recognize this mission and dedicate their life to pursuing it.
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.
The goal isn’t how much money you make, but how much you help people.
If you have a sense that your money is somehow, even indirectly, contributing to a cause that you find morally problematic, then it seems somewhere between reasonable and obligatory for you to vote with your dollars.
Stuff can’t make you happy.
