![]() ![]() “The solution maybe for a lot of the world’s problems is to turn around and take a forward step. And until we face up to that, nothing’s going to happen.” - Yvon Chouinard ![]() We’re in denial that each and every one of us is the problem. ![]() ![]() It’s just like being an alcoholic and being in denial that you’re an alcoholic. “There’s a movement for simplifying your life: purchase less stuff, own a few things that are very high quality that last a long time, and that are multifunctional.” - Yvon Chouinard And I much prefer sleeping on somebody’s floor than in a motel room.” - Yvon Chouinard “I drive old cars, all my Patagonia clothes are years and years old, I hardly have anything new. Rather, returning to a simpler way allows us to regain our dignity, puts us in touch with the land, and makes us value human contact again.” - Yvon Chouinard “Going back to a simpler life based on living by sufficiency rather than excess is not a step backward. You only get out of something what you put into it and the fact that you are willing to risk something means that you are going to get a lot more out of it.” - Yvon Chouinard I don’t care if it’s a great financial risk or a physical risk. “Hiring people with diverse backgrounds brings in a flexibility of thought and openness to new ways of doing things, as opposed to hiring clones from business schools who have been taught a codified way of doing business.” - Yvon Chouinard The sooner a company tries to be what it is not, the sooner it tries to ‘have it all,’ the sooner it will die.” - Yvon Chouinard You have to be true to yourself you have to know your strengths and limitations and live within your means. You push the envelope and you live for those moments when you’re right on the edge, but you don’t go over. “Doing risk sports had taught me another important lesson - never exceed your limits. Without a healthy environment, there are no shareholders, no employees, no customers, and no business.” - Yvon Chouinard Fundamentally, businesses are responsible to their resource base. “Who are businesses really responsible to? Their customers? Shareholders? Employees? We would argue that it’s none of the above. If you want to be miserable, lead a desperate life like everybody else where they drag their asses to work every day because they hate their job.” - Yvon Chouinard “The secret to happiness is to be working at your passion. If you keep your eyes open as you travel around, you realize we are destroying this planet.” - Yvon Chouinard Every stream I fish now is not as good as it used to be. “Everything we personally own that’s made, sold, shipped, stored, cleaned, and ultimately thrown away does some environmental harm every step of the way, harm that we’re either directly responsible for or is done on our behalf.” - Yvon Chouinard It saddens me to observe the plight of our own species we appear to be incapable of solving our problems.” - Yvon Chouinard Yet it pains me to bear witness to the sixth great extinction, where we humans are directly responsible for the extirpation of so many wonderful creatures and invaluable indigenous cultures. “There is a beginning and end to all life - and to all human endeavors. ![]()
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