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“You can’t lose everything when what you care about are the people and the memories you have.”
– Blake Mycoskie
Blake is the Founder and Chief Shoe Giver of
TOMS, and the person behind the
One for One® business model, which helps a person in need with every product purchased.
This simple idea has grown into a global movement: TOMS Shoes has provided more than 60 million pairs of shoes to children since 2006, TOMS Eyewear has restored sight to more than 400,000 people since 2011, and TOMS Roasting Company has helped provide over
335,000 weeks of safe water since launching in 2014. In 2015, TOMS Bag Collection was founded with the mission to help provide training for skilled birth attendants and distribute birth kits containing items that help women safely deliver babies. As of 2016,
TOMS has supported safe birth services for more than 25,000 mothers.
In this episode we cover:
- Early entrepreneurial ventures
- The power of journaling
- How “the stool analogy” changed Blake’s life
- Lessons from Ben Franklin
- And much, much more…
This episode comes from my new television show
Fear(less), where I interview world-class performers on stage about how they’ve overcome doubt, conquered fear, and made their toughest decisions. You can watch the entire first episode with illusionist David Blaine for free at
att.net/fearless. (To watch all episodes, please visit
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We recorded three hours of material and only one hour was used for the TV show. This podcast episode is almost entirely new content that didn’t appear on TV.
Enjoy!
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