Quotes by Les Wexner

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“What would people say about you when you’re gone?” That to me was a very important question. I thought about that for a couple of years and said, “What people say about you when you’re gone doesn’t matter. You’re gone.” What really matters is, “What do you say about yourself in the here and now? Are you proud of what you’re doing?” If you had a short lease and it ended today, or it ends tomorrow, what would you wish you would have done? You better do it.

Couple

People

Wish

A woman at the Limited once asked me, ‘Why do you work?’ She said, ‘You made a lot of money as a young man, so why are you still working?’ I had never thought about it before. Forced to consider it, I told her, ‘You know why? Because I think that if you stop to smell the roses, you’ll get hit by a truck.

Men

Smell

Thinking

As an entrepreneur, you work out solutions.

Entrepreneur

Solutions

Work Out

Ask yourself: What forms the decisions you make? What is it that gnaws at you? What are your crucible moments?

Crucible

Decisions You Make

Moments

At that time when I was struggling with being successful in a financial way, people would say, “You should be very happy. Look how well you’re doing financially,” and I was struggling to find purpose, if you would. There’s quote from Einstein that said, “Happiness and well-being are the ambitions of a pig.” And I thought, “Boy, that’s exactly how I feel.”

Ambition

Struggle

Successful

Entrepreneurs, guys that start businesses, grow with them. It’s more painful than it would appear.

Entrepreneur

Guy

Painful

Everybody has to solve that “meaning of life” and purpose question for themselves. Everybody does it their own way. I think you have to be thoughtful about the way that you’re doing it. So I describe it as purpose. If you can think about leading a purposeful life – not just an accumulation but you actually make the world a better place – then I think in the grand scheme of the universe, that that explains our existence. If not, we’re just passing through. We’re grains of sand and we’re blowing in the breeze.

Meaning Of Life

Thinking

Thoughtful

Everything has a lifecycle. You have to believe it’s going to change.

Believe

Growing up, I knew you were supposed to have a profession – and something better than being a shopkeeper, which is what my parents were.

Growing Up

Parent

Shopkeepers

Humans are pack animals. In Biblical times, the great market cities in Europe or the United States, people want to be with other people. And in a way, the more that we’re isolated, whether we’re living on farms and we’re only talking to our cell phone, the greater the need we have for group experience. So while people are saying that no one is going to go shopping because it’s just inconvenient, and it’s not as easy as buying online, why are people going to concerts? Why are people going to museums? Why are they going to sporting events?

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Biblical

People

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Ambitious

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Animal

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Believe

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Care

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Crucible

Dad

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Decisions You Make

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Do You Care

Done

Donuts

Entrepreneur

Errors

Eye

Fashion

Father

Giving

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Growing Up

Guy

Helping Others

Hero

Home

Hopefully

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Important

Interesting

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Kind

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Mean

Meaning Of Life

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Quotes by Les Wexner

Les Wexner

As an entrepreneur, you work out solutions.

Ask yourself: What forms the decisions you make? What is it that gnaws at you? What are your crucible moments?

Entrepreneurs, guys that start businesses, grow with them. It’s more painful than it would appear.

Everything has a lifecycle. You have to believe it’s going to change.

Growing up, I knew you were supposed to have a profession – and something better than being a shopkeeper, which is what my parents were.

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