Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman
Yvon Chouinard
Top 10 Best Quotes
“The more you know, the less you need.”
“How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top.”
“Real adventure is defined best as a journey from which you may not come back alive, and certainly not as the same person.”
“If you want to understand the entrepreneur, study the juvenile delinquent. The delinquent is saying with his actions, "This sucks. I'm going to do my own thing.”
“A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always appears to be doing both.”
“the worst thing said about him is that he was "uncurious.”
“I've always thought of myself as an 80 percenter. I like to throw myself passionately into a sport or activity until I reach about an 80 percent proficiency level. To go beyond that requires an obsession that doesn't appeal to me. Once I reach 80 percent level I like to go off and do something totally different; that probably explains the diversity of the Patagonia product like - and why our versatile, multifaceted clothes are the most successful.”
“The goal of climbing big, dangerous mountains should be to attain some sort of spiritual and personal growth, but this won’t happen if you compromise away the entire process.”
“It's okay to be eccentric if you're rich; otherwise you're just crazy.”
“…most of the damage we cause to the planet is the result of our own ignorance.”
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process, 80-percent, curiosity, individuality, environmentalism, struggle, wisdom, enthusiasm, ignorance, motivation, journey, eccentricity, growth, less-is-more, zen
