Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

External Validation Isn't The Answer | TOMS Founder, Blake Mycoskie


Listen Later

This week's conversation is with Blake Mycoskie, a social entrepreneur and the founder of TOMS.

Blake started TOMS in 2006 and revolutionized the way companies give back by giving shoes to a child in need for every pair purchased.

With all his focus going to TOMS, Blake realized he stopped taking care of himself and was diagnosed with mild depression.

With this diagnoses, he began exploring how he could better show up for himself and others and that ultimately led to his newest venture, Madefor, where he’s helping people gain control of their lives.

We cover so much in this conversation.

Blake shares how he got started in entrepreneurship, what’s been key to his success, and why his initial concept of success proved to be offbase.

The external factors, the money, the fame, the status all came with Blake’s business accomplishments but when he got everything he was chasing, he realized it wasn’t what he was actually interested in.

My hope is that if you only take one thing from this conversation, it’s that none of us have it all figured out, no matter how successful we may appear on the outside.

_________________

Subscribe to our Youtube Channel for more powerful conversations at the intersection of high performance, leadership, and meaning: https://www.youtube.com/c/FindingMastery

Get exclusive discounts and support our amazing sponsors! Go to: https://findingmastery.com/sponsors/

Subscribe to the Finding Mastery newsletter for weekly high performance insights: https://www.findingmastery.com/newsletter 

Download Dr. Mike's Morning Mindset Routine! https://www.findingmastery.com/morningmindset

Follow us on InstagramLinkedIn, and X.

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael GervaisBy Dr. Michael Gervais

  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6
  • 4.6

4.6

1,606 ratings


More shows like Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais

View all
The Tim Ferriss Show by Tim Ferriss: Bestselling Author, Human Guinea Pig

The Tim Ferriss Show

16,121 Listeners

The Knowledge Project by Shane Parrish

The Knowledge Project

2,679 Listeners

The Rich Roll Podcast by Rich Roll

The Rich Roll Podcast

11,874 Listeners

10% Happier with Dan Harris by 10% Happier

10% Happier with Dan Harris

12,709 Listeners

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett by DOAC

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

8,459 Listeners

The Ready State Podcast by Kelly Starrett, Juliet Starrett

The Ready State Podcast

499 Listeners

The Peter Attia Drive by Peter Attia, MD

The Peter Attia Drive

8,521 Listeners

The Daily Stoic by Daily Stoic | Backyard Ventures

The Daily Stoic

4,886 Listeners

WHOOP Podcast by WHOOP

WHOOP Podcast

658 Listeners

The Daily Dad by Daily Dad

The Daily Dad

576 Listeners

excellence, actually by Steve Magness, Brad Stulberg, & Clay Skipper

excellence, actually

370 Listeners

A Bit of Optimism by Simon Sinek

A Bit of Optimism

2,181 Listeners

Deep Questions with Cal Newport by Cal Newport

Deep Questions with Cal Newport

1,328 Listeners

Huberman Lab by Scicomm Media

Huberman Lab

29,185 Listeners

ReThinking by TED

ReThinking

632 Listeners