Be tenacious. One thing that has allowed me to have some level of success is that I am fine with cold-calling people. It doesn't scare me to call someone who has no idea who I am and say I'd love to take you to lunch.

Complicated lives and heaps of possessions don’t necessarily bring happiness; in fact, they can bring the opposite.

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.

If you organize your life around your passion, you can turn your passion into your story and then turn your story into something bigger - something that matters.

When you're buying a pair of TOMS, if you don't feel like you're part of a community, then I've failed.

Giving does not just feel good, but it's really, really good for business, and it's good for your personal brand.

When people start serving together, they forgot about all their stress, [...] all their own problems. They start focusing on someone else's.