7 Quotes by Chip Wilson

People love to help. I don’t have to be insecure and know it all.

I had no idea, but I realized that probably thirty to forty percent of my brainpower was taken up with the questions that I couldn’t answer- because I had no direction. When I got clear on exactly where I wanted to go, and set the goals to get there, my mind calmed down.

In the end, it is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work. Perhaps, then, you might gain that rare tranquility that comes from knowing that you’ve had a hand in creating something of intrinsic excellence that makes a contribution. Indeed, you might even gain that deepest of all satisfactions: knowing that your short time here on this earth has been well spent, and that it mattered.

I have made many life decisions that were strictly survival-driven, but never wealth-driven. In selling to private equity, I was motivated by a desire to develop an idea, a concept, a philosophy that was solid in its foundation into a global phenomenon to elevate the world.

I started to understand that just a logo was much more powerful a branding statement than a name alone.

I found the only time I had to shut down – to become mindful of nothing more than the present moment – was whenever I was peeing.

Each day I walked into the office and asked myself, “If I had to compete against lululemon, what would I do?” This allowed me to cannibalize what was working today for what would be best for the future.