One of the other lab speakers at Catalyst West was Blake Mycoskie, Chief Shoe Giver at Tom's Shoes. I'm wearing a pair of Tom's shoes this weekend as an illustration in the Influence series. Blake was touring Argentina in 2006 when he noticed how many kids didn't have shoes. He decided to do something about it. He started Tom's shoes with a simple premise: for every pair of shoes they sell they give a pair of shoes to a child in a third world country. So simple. So brilliant. Blake went back to Argentina later in 2006 and gave away 10,000 pairs of shoes!
To date they've given away 140,000 pairs of shoes!
Let me share a kingdom equation: God Idea + Sweat Equity = Movement. Every Spirit-led movement has a genealogy that traces back to a single-celled God-idea. But nothing will happen unless you invest tremendous amounts of sweat equity. In fact, I think it was a Thomas Edison who said that success was 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. Here's the encouraging thing. If you know an idea is from God, you're willing to work so much harder for it.
Check out the AT&T commercial.
To date they've given away 140,000 pairs of shoes!
Let me share a kingdom equation: God Idea + Sweat Equity = Movement. Every Spirit-led movement has a genealogy that traces back to a single-celled God-idea. But nothing will happen unless you invest tremendous amounts of sweat equity. In fact, I think it was a Thomas Edison who said that success was 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. Here's the encouraging thing. If you know an idea is from God, you're willing to work so much harder for it.
Check out the AT&T commercial.
4 Comments:
Great blog. I commented in my blog a few weeks ago after I saw the AT&T commercial the first time. Amazing & inspirational! Praying God would stir you this am with His energy, I know you had a long week. He is good...!
Mark--
I LOVE this. Thanks for posting this "equation" & the Edison quote. It spoke to me more than you know. I appreciate your faithfulness in leading other leaders and mentoring from a distance through your blog.
Kevin Lloyd
Thanks for the inspiration. Sweating for God right now!
I think that Blake M. is brilliant at marketing. He's appeared in most of the fashion magazines that I buy or subscribe to, presented as a sexy, eligible bachelor who is doing good, etc. (Maybe he's married now; I don't know.) But ... my sister wears TOMS shoes as a sort of emblem of moral superiority. It's like wearing an AIDS ribbon. So, for myself, I would rather make a donation for shoes, malaria nets, or something to help the needy, and not wear something to tell everyone.
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