num_pages: 208
description: Love your work work for what you love and change the worldall at the same time. What matters most to you? Should you focus on earning a living pursuing your passions or devoting yourself to the causes that inspire you? The surprising truth is that you dont have to chooseand that youll find more success if you dont. Thats the breakthrough message of TOMS One for One movement. You dont have to be rich to give back and you dont have to retire to spend every day doing what you love. You can find profit passion and meaning all at onceright now. In Start Something That Matters Blake Mycoskie tells the story of TOMS one of the fastest-growing shoe companies in the world and combines it with lessons learned from such other innovative organizations such as Method Products charity: water FEED Projects and TerraCycle. Blake presents the six simple keys for creating or transforming your own life and business from discovering your core story to being resourceful without resources; from overcoming fear and doubt to incorporating giving into every aspect of your life. No matter what kind of change youre considering Start Something That Matters gives you the stories ideas and practical tips that can help you get started. Why this book is for you:  Youre ready to make a difference in the worldthrough your own start-up business a nonprofit organization or a new project that you create within your current job. You want to love your work work for what you love and have a positive impact on the worldall at the same time. Youre inspired by charity: water method and FEED Projects and want to learn how these organizations got their start.  Youre curious about how someone who never made a pair of shoes attended fashion school or worked in retail created one of the fastest-growing footwear companies in the world by giving shoes away. Youre looking for a new model of success to share with your children students co-workers and members of your community. Youre ready to start something that matters.
language: English
title: Start Something That Matters
publisher: Spiegel & Grau