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I never thought I would be in a position like this, where my words and experiences are now inspiring others to follow suit. It's challenging at times, but I can only look forward to the future of business and philanthropy.

~Blake Mycoskie

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I love what I do, but it is hard to have a personal relationship when you're never home.

~Blake Mycoskie

Topics: Hard Home Love Never Personal Personal Relationship Relationship You I Love

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Traveling as much as I do, I get lonely sometimes. I have friends now in cities all over the world, so I get to be social, but it's hard to have the deep meaningful relationships, especially an intimate one. With my guy friends, I can show up once a month and go to dinner with them and they're happy.

~Blake Mycoskie

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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.

~Blake Mycoskie

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I think sometimes we forget what we have, and occasionally it's important to remind ourselves.

~Blake Mycoskie

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A lot of people like the idea of companies being socially involved in their community, but if you want big companies to get involved in social issues, what makes you think they're going to come down on your side?

~Blake Mycoskie

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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.

~Blake Mycoskie

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I think once you start traveling, you don't stop.

~Blake Mycoskie

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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.

~Blake Mycoskie

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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.

~Blake Mycoskie

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Businessman

Born: August 26th, 1976

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