"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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"TOMS didn't have to focus on advertising, but on giving in a way that's sustainable."
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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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"Complicated lives and heaps of possessions don’t necessarily bring happiness; in fact, they can bring the opposite."
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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."
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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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"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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"When you incorporate giving into your business in an authentic and transparent way, your customers become your best marketers."
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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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"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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"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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"Simplicity is simple. Perhaps this sounds redundant. But it's true, and it's important."
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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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"A good story transcends boundaries, breaks barriers and opens doors."
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