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Blake Mycoskie: The More You Give, The More You Live

Nov 23, 2020

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Blake Mycoskie

In this engaging conversation, Blake Mycoskie, founder of TOMS Shoes, reflects on his journey as a change-maker and entrepreneur dedicated to personal growth. He discusses the importance of internal well-being over external validation and shares transformative experiences of anonymous giving. Blake also introduces his new initiative, Madefor, emphasizing sustainable habits and emotional healing. The talk delves into the interplay of rationality and spirituality, advocating for conscious entrepreneurship and the power of vulnerability in achieving true fulfillment.

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Internal vs. External Validation

Blake Mycoskie realized that external achievements don't guarantee happiness.
True peace and joy must come from within, not from external validation.

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ANECDOTE

Vision Quest with April

Blake Mycoskie recounts a vision quest with shaman April.
Her ability to connect with the supernatural altered his life.

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Anonymous Act of Kindness

April advised Blake Mycoskie to anonymously help someone financially.
He did, and later encountered that person serendipitously on a spiritually significant day.

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This is the story of a lifelong seeker. It’s about organizing your life around spiritual principles. Breaking the addiction to external validation. And always having the courage to fail.

Meet Blake Mycoskie.

Quite the change maker, Blake is most famously known as the founder of the wildly successful shoe company TOMS. He also pioneered the ‘One for One’ business model, donating a pair of shoes to a child in need for each pair sold. In turn, he sparked a generation of conscious consumers — and rebranded corporate responsibility as not only cool, but de rigueur.

But Blake’s story neither begins nor ends with TOMS.

A natural-born entrepreneur, Blake started 5 other businesses before TOMS. And he’s since moved on from his shoe empire to launch Madefor — a ten-month program that applies key principles of modern neuroscience, psychology, and physiology to make your brain and body better.

This is more than the story of an incredible entrepreneur. It’s about navigating the world through a spiritual lens. And the power of commitment to persistent personal growth.

It’s less about TOMS and more about the kind of person that imagines TOMS. It’s about intuition. The stewardship required to scale an idea into a global phenomenon — and the ongoing commitment to service that led to Madefor.

Blake is a very special human. It was an honor to finally spend some time with him. And a delight to share the experience with you.

The visually inclined can watch our exchange on YouTube. And as always, the podcast streams wild and free on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

For those feeling stagnant or stuck, my hope is that Blake’s testimony — chock-full of sage business and life advice — ignites the inner change you seek most and guides you towards peace.

Peace + Plants,

Rich

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