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Facts Are Neutral Until Human Beings Add Their Own Meaning To Those Facts. People Make Their Decisions Based On What The Facts Mean To Them, Not On The Facts Themselves. The Meaning They Add To Facts Depends On Their Current Story … Facts Are Not Terribly Useful To Influencing Others. People Don’t Need New Facts—they Need A New Story.

When You Have A Memorable Story About Who You Are And What Your Mission Is, Your Success No Longer Depends On How Experienced You Are Or How Many Degrees You Have Or Who You Know. A Good Story Transcends Boundaries, Breaks Barriers, And Opens Doors.

People Always Ask Me, When I Had The Idea For Toms, Did It Change My Life? As Romantic And Noble As It Is, No It Did Not Change My Life. But When I Went To Argentina On That First Shoe-drop, It Did Change My Life.

The Most Important Step Of All Is The First Step. Start Something! What If That Idea You Have In The Back Of Your Head Is A Really Good One, One That Might End Up Helping Tens Of Thousands Of People? You Owe It To The World Ot Act. Or Maybe It Will Help Only A Few People: The Same Advice Applies. If You Don't Do It, You Are Missing Out On Something Big, And So Are The People Who Could Have Been Helped.

I Am A Big Believer In The Value Of Traveling While You Are Young. The Experiences You Have In Other Countries Can Inspire Greatness.