Mike

“Reusing something instead of immediately discarding it, when done for the right reasons, can be an act of love which expresses our own dignity. —”
― Yvon Chouinard, Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman--Including 10 More Years of Business Unusual

“There's no difference between a pessimist who says, 'It's all over, don't bother trying to do anything, forget about voting, it won't make a difference,' and an optimist who says, 'Relax, everything is going to turn out fine.' Either way the results are the same. Nothing gets done.”
― Yvon Chouinard, Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman

“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.”
― Yvon Chouinard, Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman

“It was also clear that in order to survive at this game, we had to get serious.”
― Yvon Chouinard, Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman