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1. Life is more fun when you stop caring what other people think.
2. I always thought that I would spend the first half of my life making money so I can spend the second half of my life giving it all away. And one of the defining moments of my life was when I realized that I could do both at the same time with TOMS.
3. I try and sweat every day even though I can’t always get to the gym. I do a lot of running, which is a great way to see a city, and I try to bike to work.
4. I think sometimes we forget what we have, and occasionally it’s important to remind ourselves.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. I love what I do, but it is hard to have a personal relationship when you’re never home.
8. 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.
9. I think once you start traveling, you don’t stop.
10. 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.
11. The future of TOMS is really creating a whole new business model of this one-for-one giving and expanding the TOMS model from shoes into other products as well.
12. Music is such an important part of my life.
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. 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.
16. We are all human beings and I believe that we all should have equal rights.
17. 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.
18. I always have my journal with me. It was handmade by a guy at the San Telmo market in Buenos Aires. If you go there he can make you one. It’s leather and bronze and I’m able to replace the paper when it runs out. It has a lion on the cover that I say is there to protect my thoughts.
19. 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.
20. 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.